i learned some things! turns out you have to send at least 1, so .5 throws a rather undescriptive/misleading error that could be fixed! But then I had success and it is cool.
i still haven't gotten any curation and i've been trying to have this upvoting strategy, every day, my favorite stuff, people I like. entering contests oh well. things take time. we all kindof have that feeling we wish we could move steemit faster probably but nothing great can be done overnight.
so now we have 2 new features to promote. but where?
Hey there @mindhawk.
Your query about curation rewards is one that many new Steemians have.
I do have some good news, though. It looks like you have been earning some small curation rewards along the way! You can check on your curation rewards by visiting SteemNow and looking at the section about curation rewards.
The unfortunate part is that since your STEEM power is low, it will be a while before you notice significant curation rewards. Curation rewards depend on the STEEM power of the accounts which vote on a post. Therefore, you should continue what you're doing and focus on growing your account, networking with others, and building up some followers. As your account grows and you continue to vote, the curation rewards will follow!
I hope this helps.