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Thank you! That really clears things up, because I was looking at my recent rewards and was wondering why the SP was less than what I thought it would be

Right, the pay out indicator is in USD, and since Steem or SP is near 3 USD a one dollar post is .33 SP minus the curation. You're not being shafted though, the voting weights have just increased.

And of course you win if you select 50/50 payout. :)

thank you for this clue :D