I have a question to all the bots that upvoted this post.
Why did you upvote this post before the 30 min mark knowing very well that the curation rewards will decrease if you do so?
OP nothing wrong with people upvoting your post, just trying to figure out something with curation
I commented and upvoted very early . If I get some rewards, I am happy , If not I voted for an article I like. I never really understood how it all works anyways :)
You comment and upvote encourages me, so thanks soooo much for that!
Do you use a bots to upvote?
You can get bigger rewards for being in early , even before the 30 min. mark.
It is early after the 30 min mark, that's how the algorithm works no? If not what percentage of the curation rewards do people who upvoted early before 30 min get?
Some post ya just know are going to do well and upvote early.
I upvoted early on this one and my curation trail followed. As of now I have made 0.015 and the trail is averaging 0.005
The more people upvote before the 30 min mark the less curation rewards would be distributed to curators. That's why 98% of the posts on this platform only allocates about 3% of a payout's post to curators. If curators would wait after the 30 min delay they would receive 50% of the curation rewards so it seems crazy that so many people upvote before 30 min.
I understand, but not every upvote is a curation reward vote. Many are support votes...
Just look at the comment upvotes and you will see people are upvoting for the money not for the love. Maybe you are not but people who set up bots to upvote are in it for the money, the large majority of these upvotes havn't even read the post.
Saw it. Thank you, snowflake. I guess it's a comment nesting limitation preventing the direct reply. Not sure. Anyhow, that's very interesting how they have that set up. Another thing I noticed is that a comment from someone with higher rep will immediately go to the top above comments by newbies, even with no comment upvote. Yeah, interesting. :)
Not in all cases, snowflake. I use a bot because a lot of times I'm busy and distracted by other things, and I want to make sure to upvote the people on Steemit who I support. Then later - sometimes well after the payout - I'll come back in and read the posts I missed. At other times, like with this post, I bot upvote it, but I come in and read it and comment on it the same day it's posted, sometimes within minutes of it being posted.
I didn't know about the 30 minute delay you mentioned. Can you point me to some documentation about it? I think most people have had no clue about that. Why does the 30 minute delay for higher curation rewards exist? To discourage post comment stampeding or something else? Thanks!
@joanaltres
for some reason I can't reply directly to your post so hopefully you see this.
The 30 minute delay was apparently set up to prevent bots from gaming the system and being first to upvote every time ( because the algorithm gives higher rewards to users who upvote early)
If you use a bot I suggest you set it up so that it upvotes posts 30 min after the post was published, that's how you are going to make more money curating.
not so snowflake. I have a small number of people that I really like and I don't want to miss upvoting their posts. I come back later to see what posts of theirs I've missed.
Good question, as a lot of them do seem to auto-vote whatever I put out.
Many are users and supporters who don't want to miss encouraging and supporting me, but others may be bot curators.
Yup, that's how I use it to support. I always come back in and often read, comment, resteem, share - and none of those actions are automated. I don't think there is anything wrong with it either way. Using a bot is a convenience for me, and I wouldn't be able to support others regularly without it.
It is hard to keep up with everyone manually, I know!!!
It's nice to have so many options, and that we can all choose to do as we see fit!
Thanks @joanatres!
I honestly upvoted his post, because i liked his post.
Because by coincidence this morning, i said to my woman...
Damnn i should have started with steemit when i joined in July.
But back in July i did not know much about Steemit, and only looked into it real fast.
Never realized back then, that i could have made a lot of money.
But hey ...that's life, chances come and goes....
And the only way to succeed is to keep going.
Like the topic starter ended his post, that is the reason i upvoted his post, even if he made the post 8 hours ago.
And just to say, well he made the topic 8 hours ago, so i wound post because of the money.
Then i would have lost myself in the idea, that i can out smart the system to make more.
While i could focus on my own creativity and try to succeed and meanwhile enjoy the others.
Just check my account, i joined in July and i first post was months later.
My question was addressed to bots, not humans :)