and don't tell me it's because of the price of steem and the algorithm based on the relative posotiion of the market or something insane! :P I've gotten $50 upvotes when steem was .97 and steem is now 1.10 and the payout is no longer $50 but instead $40. SO THAT'S NOT THE ANSWER! ;)
SOMEBODY TELL ME! :P
My understanding here in your case.
you get 70% as author. you will get $35 but the real $ is 35x.97= $33.95
Case scenario changed to 1.10
So now your pay out is $35 x 1.10 = Actual $38.50
I know what you're referencing. But that's not what I'm talking about.
I'm talking about how the payout says $50 and then just days later it'll be $40. Then days later $32. Then the 7th day $25. And then it'll be $18 author, $7 curator. So you end up with $18. Really big difference from the original $50 you thought you'd get.
The fucking pirates are taking it dude then they sail away on the web
Yeah noticed that too. Don't understand.
I'd love to know the answer to this too. It's very frustrating
I read that it's because the rewards pool goes down.
Later voting by whoever upvoted you lowers the weight of their vote, and thereby your potential payout.
So, if you were upvoted early in the voter's day their vote would look larger, but drop later.