Yes ,you can do both-- they are two separate things. Not only that, you can select more than one choice --like : vote up AND mark several or all, of the other things like awesome, useful and interesting etc. Of all of them, I think voting up is most important.
Voting up, select the others AND letting the Hubber know what you did makes it all complete. I like to let them know in my comment that I voted up and marked what I found suiting, because it's just an extra way to let someone know how much you liked his work. I noticed that most of my followers do the same for me since I really like this kind of feedback, next to their comment.
Voting up covers a great deal.. and sometimes the hub is Useful.. not super but useful.. sometimes beautiful.. and that's when I hit up and beautiful it depends on the hub.. up again covers so much.. :) Frank.
I'm not sure but I think that it is an addition. Voting up helps a great deal. You vote up, and select the other terms to explain what criteria you used to vote it up.
I think the more clicks the better - as long as they truly reflect your opinion. Voting up, and Adding a comment also helps the hub rank higher.
If I enjoy reading a hub I tend to vote the piece up, then I choose 'useful', 'interesting','funny' etc from the list. So to me, they go hand in hand.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.