Hf20 changed it to 15 mins
Hf21 changed it to 5 mins
The reasoning is that the early days of Steem long detailed posts were the norm. The 30 mins was what was expected for an average user to find and read a read a post.
These days content is shorter and users are frequently trying to vote content well before the 30 and then 15 minutes.
The original idea was 1 minute for hf21 but many felt it was just too short. Five minutes was the compromise.
The reality is, a bot will always be able to put pace a human, so 5, 15, 30 doesn’t really matter much in terms of preventing it. So the idea was to make the user experience better. Similar to the change of comments from 20 second delay to 3.
The idea is a human should never be inconvenienced under normal usage patterns.
you know the 30 minutes reverse auction was added to avoid the bots automatically voting known good reward authors dont you?
this problem will come back now, people will see the top authors and set them in the fan base.
solve one problem make a new one... wait no, bring back an old one...
steem is cyclic like the markets
Hf20 changed it to 15 mins
Hf21 changed it to 5 mins
The reasoning is that the early days of Steem long detailed posts were the norm. The 30 mins was what was expected for an average user to find and read a read a post.
These days content is shorter and users are frequently trying to vote content well before the 30 and then 15 minutes.
The original idea was 1 minute for hf21 but many felt it was just too short. Five minutes was the compromise.
The reality is, a bot will always be able to put pace a human, so 5, 15, 30 doesn’t really matter much in terms of preventing it. So the idea was to make the user experience better. Similar to the change of comments from 20 second delay to 3.
The idea is a human should never be inconvenienced under normal usage patterns.