lol just checking who's paying attention :P
I think if you decline payout it just never allocates any reward shares to the post, so nothing really goes anywhere. I would like to see confirmation that voting on a "decline payout" post doesn't waste any vote strength but I'm not sure.. You're right, some things should just be hidden until they're more likely to be used, or make the vote sliders and extra payout choices hideable at least.
As for the point - I'd like to be able to vote up and acknowledge I've read certain posts from whales, but I don't think they need even more of the rewards pie. @steemitblog I think should refuse all payouts as an official steemit inc account..
Thanks for posting this mate. I really like these updates. Especially phone verification for new accounts. Like you said, the decline payment would be really good for the Steemitblog account and maybe other announcements from Steemit HQ etc. I wonder if curation rewards are still paid out in those instances? And would the reward amount be showing next to the post?
It looks like curation rewards do still pay out, and no amount reward shows to be able to judge potential curation rewards at the moment .. but we'll know more in ~20hrs or so - see my comment here