I didn't completely understand what you're trying to say. Which of these two statements is true:
- If you vote for low-payout content early, you improve the long-term value of steem.
- If you vote for low-payout early, you get higher curation rewards than if you vote for it after the whales find it.
Because the only thing that we should expect minnows to care about is curation rewards.
Content creation is one way you add value to the system, curation voting is the other. Finding good content that doesn't have a high price tag yet and voting for it helps others to find it more easily... that way your early vote helps that author and to diversify rewards on steemit. Steemit algorithms then reward you more for your early curation efforts.
Cool, that was basically my question - whether early voters get rewarded more than later voters. Thanks.