You have great post ready... everything on it is good... and you are one click away before posting.. STOOOPPPP!!!
We all know by now.. that every succesfull post... need the right upvotes... that means... whale attention...
Did you ever consider that whales need sleep too? and your super duper crazy post... if its posted the wrong time.. it will get lost in the blackhole of steemit first page? Guess what... yes it will... So wait for the right time...
Join us on slack... check whenever the whales are in.. commenting,helping, gossiping... And hit that post button then...
Success rate 999% percent!!!!
Most whales see stuff that is "active" or "hot" so the little guys' votes are are still worth something because what is 'hot' doesn't depend upon how much Steem Power you have.
An alternative view is - post when is convenient for you.
If Whales want Steem (a platform they are invested in) to succeed globally, it's incumbent on them to seek out good content, regardless of when it was posted. There is no real excuse not to in these early days. Go back through the last 50 or so post and you're seeing everything posted in the last 6 hours!
And you posted this in the middle of the night of the continental United States :P
Maybe he has done it specifically to have the attention to those who are awake during that time.
Yeah... As an example not to post that at this current time :) heheheh
There aren't as many people on during those hours, but that also means less posting competition. If your post is very good it will get enough votes to stay fairly high all night long. Plenty of voters will still find it the next day.
For the moment, whales are 10-15 people... if they vote you.. your post is succeeded, in terms of money making... in a few months when steemit will escalate.... things will be different... but even then.. these voting powers will still make a hell of a difference.