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I feel that most the proving happens in the first 30 minutes. There is always a chance that a post will catch on after the 12 hours and they will have to wait for the 30 day payout. I could see a few 12 hour blocks initially being a good way to run it going forward.

That's certainly very true. It's unfortunate because 30 minutes is a matter of lottery. I see so many great posts get lost in the void so quickly. It's quite upsetting.

The only way to combat that is gaining a lot of steem power and using the influence!

Indeed! It's happening, more and more people are gaining Steem Power. I've been working on a post for the last couple of weeks to map out the trend. Should be posting this weekend.

I see your post has made it to the many-minnows-no-whales category as well.