Well, actually it is value based. I've proven that many times over. The only time that time comes into play is this:
New feed is entirely time based.
Hot feed is entirely value based but posts must be no more than 4 hrs old and the user that posted them must have a reputation of over 45.
Trending feed is entirely value based for post no older than 7 days (still within payout) and user must have rep over 45.
This structure is definitely one of the main issues of this site and is on my list of future discussion topics.
It makes it very hard to get noticed here.
That's the only one that doesn't work for my posts.
I figured out a workaround, though. If I use #created as one of my tags, it shows up immediately when I post. I'm not sure how important that is, whether the bots focus on the new feed or the tags or whatever. That's all a mystery to me. Therefore I don't know it it's worth giving up one of my 5 allowable tags to simply get on the /created feed. It's a bug that needs fixing and I'm not sure who to report this to since the last time I looked, they were ignoring me in Steemit Chat. #help just blows it off and #tech-support is practically a dead channel.
That's really strange. When I make a post, If i have a second tab open for new tab. I can go there right after I make the post and refresh and it is there. If I wait a few minutes it will be buried though because of so many new posts being made right after mine.
I'm actually wondering if your internet connection has lag? I know that when mine is acting up I will notice all types of weird bugs on steemit.
If not, that is definitely something that needs looked into. I've just never experienced this myself.
I'd maybe blame it on the internet lag except the only place it doesn't show up is on the /created feed. Maybe I should sign out and then back in again. Could be a browser problem, I suppose.
Does Steemit have a "suggestion box" where anyone can drop an idea that might improve Steemit? Nobody would need to answer, necessarily, but some of us might have a workable idea to improve the platform.
haha, that would be nice but as far as I know they do not.
I guess it could be a glitch then. One more thing to the list lol