I don't have much SP so my upvotes makes no difference to any creator, but I use upvote as a bookmark, since I decided to read as much as I can to feed my brain about how this system works. TBH I still can't explain what exactly is a blockchain and what are the reason why it's so special. But to me I use upvote as a bookmark, meaning I upvote any post or comment which tells my brain that I have already read the post/comment.
There are too many issues/problems about Steemit which Steemians keep mentioning which makes me think if this beta will fail or success, but nevertheless blockchain technology will remain so it's high time to read as much as I can for now and maybe once my brain is fully feeded and I become capable of answering any questions or come up with ideas that can bring solutions to many of the problems that people are seeing. And maybe who knows after two or even 10 years I will be some kind of whale where I will be able to buy a new car every week using income generated from blockchain & cryptcryptocurrency