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RE: HF Proposal - Is it time to decrease or remove the 30 minute author-curation reward window.
I do empathize, but there is a problem shortening this time, it's the reason that time is there in the first place. If there was no hold off deterrent, every time a whale posted, people would just autovote it knowing that it was going to be a big money generating post and being an early voter this would mean more money for them. Possibly delaying the time before posts appear in Hot/trending might help, but that might have unforseen results too. There is no easy solution.
Thanks for pointing this out.
I don't think the WP makes it clear why this rule exists..
@bmj, thanks for posting this; I always wondered about this rule. I think upvoting bots, sort of make it a non-issue.
@maxbullion - what would you say is the percentage of users using upvote bots these days, any idea?
I guess I was talking specifically about the likes of autovoting using Steemvoter.com. I've been all over the Steemvoter website and their user page, but can't find any reference to their user base. My personal experience is I came to Steemit through YouTube. By my second day on Steemit on the recommendation of Trevon James and Craig Grant, I was setting up Steemvoter before I even knew what I was doing, it was almost a natural part of getting started on Steemit. Given these guys power in the Steemit community and as conduits into Steemit from their other social media platform followings I can see quite a few newbies are running it. Two of Trevon James' top 3 videos mention it. Of course it probably matters more if the dolphins and whales are using it than the newbies as their influence can propel a post to stardom in no time. I'm not criticising too strongly, but if they all engage in this mutual back scratching, then they risk killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Don't be lazy whales, get stuck into the new posts and weed out the good ones. In the interests of full disclosure, I should state that I weened myself off Steemvoter within a couple of days and that I am no longer a user.