I think I'm ready to revisit what I know about Curation...
I like to think I know a lot about the inner workings of STEEM but I want some clarification on curation because either I'm a little mistaken or some others are mistaken.

PREVIOUS PERCEPTION on CURATION

I'd love to really perfect my understanding of the mechanics and math behind it. As a new steemit user months ago I had the perception that when you voted it was most profitable to do it BEFORE a big vote.

QUESTION 1

So let's tackle that question... Do you get a better curation if you vote before another BIG VOTE? If so what's the difference and if not then that kinda changes everything. haha

If it's important to put your vote in before big votes then why do so many do their large self votes or paid votes so quickly!!!??

I know there's something about 1-30 minutes and some sort of equation but let's be honest I think very few people even understand it... including me. And i'm pretty proud of my pretty good monthly CURATION reward I have.

HELPING OUT MY VOTERS?
I would usually wait close to 2 days before doing a paid or self vote thinking that I was really rewarding those who voted on my stuff.... because most votes from my followers are usually in the first day or two anyway. But if they get the same reward if they vote before or after those big votes then I guess I was just operating off a false premise.

BUT IF I WAS RIGHT??

Under my original perception I am constantly surprised at how many self vote with a super large vote 1 minute or even a few hours after a post... (I am on the side that I don't care if they self vote as long as there is still something like 7-9 of their votes being given out to others.) But in any case IF IF it is more valuable to vote before a big vote then why not reward their followers and voters by holding off that big self/paid vote for a little bit later??

GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES?
Let's be honest when I see a new post by someone who i know usually has big vote totals I jump on that and when i see their big totals have already come in I'm less motivated. But perhaps like I've said I'm just operating on a false premise and i'm ok with letting that be known so I can be corrected. I think there are plenty of things we learned early on and didn't quite get a full understanding of.

Help me out:
@czechglobalhosts You do a vote almost immediately and you're hard-core into steemit... maybe you can shed some light on this... I assume you have thought about WHEN to do that vote, is there any reason for the really quick vote?

@juliank you vote each post do you have a strategy on when to do it?

@intrepidphotos I think you or @aweber may have been the first to try to teach me curation rewards, wanna teach me again? haha

@martinphoto @adonisabril do you have a strategy with your paid votes? Have you thought about this?

@dmytrokorol @asgarth you guys know some of the inner workings and I trust y'all.

REWARDING FOLLOWERS

I like to think I am working hard to find ways to reward my followers. I Even like knowing that if I do a paid vote it rewards them with a curation. But to be honest I'm not sure how much it rewards them.

.... So i'm ready to be taught ... again!

A PICTURE FROM YESTERDAY

Because every post needs a picture right?