Hi Paula,

I think you might have forgotten the most important reason for powering up. By powering up, it increases your voting power in the Steem blockchain... which means you can support your friends and family and the content that you like... and obviously there is often a very strong correlation between people who have a strong vote also recieving a lot more votes.

I'm sure there's no quicker way to get popular on the platform than having a strong vote.