Hi @carlgnash
Thank you again for this very thoughtful comment. I really debated whether I should do this or not as I hate spam and really did not want anyone to think I was trying to be rewarded by this experiment and of course that is why the payout is declined. I do not expect to profit from this other than followers, which I will of course cherish.
Yes, I am aware of these services. I also use https://steemworld.org -- Very nice setup and getting better.
I figured most people would not try to time the resteeem -- but I may have been wrong.
I am adding a purely random winner as well. See the comment on this thread.
Yes, if you could run a query that would be fantastic. I really want to make sure this contest is totally transparent. By having the query run by someone else will help ensure this. It would be great if a witnesss or similar did the same, but that might be overkill.
I plan to post my findings shortly after the contest ends and I do not expect to repeat it.