Look on blocktrades' page, he goes through all the hardfork things he wants us to know.
It happened a long time ago.
Hf25 or 26, I think.
The first 24 hours is the optimal time to vote, any later and rewards are diminished.
No penalty for voting instantly.
This was done to disadvantage the bots.
thank you very much, I need to look deeper into it
I'm struggling hard to survive
so I'm not up to date with everything
especially the times when I have nearly no internet connection
how does it punish bots? they can just auto-vote instantly
punishment the first 5-15min seemed more reasonable?
dunno, need to look deeper into it
Bots never sleep, so with the 5 minute window real people were at a disadvantage to get the first vote in, now that doesn't make a difference until after the first 24 hours.
This evens out the field, bots have no advantage to vote early.