Perhaps this could be implemented across the platform by simply not allowing upvotes after 72 hours?
It's already tough enough for those of us who write posts that take 4+ hours to write and 30+ minutes to read with the 7 day limitation.
Your idea is only going to further help the shitpost or easily consumable content creators. Some of us make content that is long-term useful and takes longer to appreciate, and if anything, we'd like to get a bigger window of upvotes, and also better ways for people to find our content.
Fair enough. But with the upvote abuse that is evidently rampant with the existing seven day window, I can't imagine what it would be like if this window was extended even further. I understand your point regarding the time and effort put into writing quality posts - I have written about this issue myself, and my post upholds the utility that bots offer serious contributors without sizeable follower counts in trying to get recognition. It is simply impossible under the current paradigm as it exists across the platform - whales and those they support will invariably get the most attention drawn to their content via the trending section.
Forgive me, but I decided to answer this as its own comment in order to hopefully spread the information, and because it's gotten long enough.
Software that uses a Steem node can respond in seconds to a payment. Do you think a seven days limit prevents a script from responding?
I just made a post called "Decentralized Up-Votes...
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