I've kind of already started doing that. And I've also been trying to contribute to conversations. It goes a long way when you extend your human-ness to others here. You're not just replying with the generic stuff,

"Hey, great post! I totally agree with every word that you said which I shoulda said but I didn't say so I'm just saying I agree. I swear I'm not a bot, gimme a vote!"

I'm still ramping up and trying to get to where I can back off my voting a bit so that when I DO vote, it counts. This is what true curation is about, I think.
"Hey, that's a cool thing you said/posted/presented to the community. You deserve a little something for that, I feel."
I'd be ecstatic with being able to vote someone up by 50 cents. I know I get happy when I see someone's vote resulting in 15 cents at this point. Even that's not easy to get, in my experience thus far. And it's not even about the money, but the idea that someone who has that influence thought something of mine was worth voting on, knowing that's what they're giving me.
I can't wait to be able to do that.

Congrats to you on getting where you are. You've earned it. :)