It's to encourage curators to take the time to actually read what they are upvoting and to discourage the use of bots to instantly automatically upvote everything that gets posted.
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It's to encourage curators to take the time to actually read what they are upvoting and to discourage the use of bots to instantly automatically upvote everything that gets posted.
I understand that, but sometimes a minute is enough to read the article and up vote. I like to read fresh content, so i use the new section and most of the articles i up vote are 5 min old.
Maybe try doing both for a while and see what your results are. I'm hawking maximum reward but there's a lot be said for just enjoying your Steemit time - there's a balance somewhere!