I just recently learned about dustvotes, or the .02 rule too and it was very disappointing. I was voting most of the comments on my posts at .02 for the longest time, then I learned not only were they not getting rewarded, I was wasting my voting power at the same time for nothing.

So instead of upvoting their comment I upvoted one of their posts, since it would payout if the total was more than .02. Just bought a small delegation and adjusted some autovoter stuff so I'm out of the .02 window now but still...I agree, that's a rule that needs to change. Thanks for the post @snook!! :)