Well, don't tell them that because I agree. It's not working for them.
Take @tonimontana and @stmdev, for example, they are literally gaining nothing. But, they do prevent other people for gaining meaningful curation. At least, that's what I see from Steem World anyhow.
Maybe that's what they are going for? Sabotaging curation rewards in general?
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Do they actually not? Ha, didn't know that.
Well, I guess STEEM curation rewards are just collateral damage in this case.
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Based on my observations:
In most of my posts, I get somewhere between 55-60% of the post value shown after curation.
I would say the impact is significant when it comes to curation returned to the pool. You should do some analysis on that.
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Yes you are right in the end what I think all this does is move the author/curation split super slightly in favor of authors. Maybe like 55%/45%. Although the effect is probably even smaller especially now with the new curve. That curve reduced the early voting rewards quite drastically. I am glad the tribes do not have it :)
Yes, numbers would be nice.
Maybe it isn't a big deal.
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Do the curators get less rewards in cases where the snipers snipe?
I think, for sure, that the snipers prevent real curators/normal users from getting the largest returns.
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It is an option, they can have it.
Same with early voting, they can have time agnostic voting.
That is my guess.
They are just being dicks.