Hey, Thanks, glad you like it, and thanks for the recommendations. I definitely hope I get to develop this to its full potential. If I use everyone's vote per day (the one as payment) to reward a single random #steemvoter tagged post. They are done in order of account registration, so the early voters on that random #steemvoter post will benefit huge from all the other voters after it.
I am not sure the benefit of timing the votes on certain users you like. Because, wouldn't you want to be one of the first voters? For the other posts, the timing makes sense because you don't want to vote on every post, just the ones that seem to be trending.
Thanks for the clarification regarding #steemvoter , yeah that makes sense.
Regarding timing of votes, it's my understanding that the percentage of the curation reward that goes to you vs. the post author varies according to when you vote, especially if you vote within the first 30 minutes. If you vote immediately, most of the curation reward goes to the author. If you vote closer to the 30 minute mark, more of it goes to you. So many people will wait 30 minutes before voting to maximize the percentage they get. However there's some strategy in it. Wait too long and you give others the chance to vote before you. So more sophisticated bots will vote earlier, but the trick is not to be too early. You have to find just the right balance. And you might want to tweak your strategy for individual authors based on the history of how people / bots have voted for them before.
I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around these timing rules. Let's say I set no voting before 20 minutes, no voting after 60 minutes in the other votes part. Then wouldn't every single published post get voted on as soon as it's been live for 20 minutes? Which should drain all my voting power pretty fast given that during busy times new stuff gets posted just about every minute or so.
Ahhh I didn't know that about voting right away. I will look into that.
The Other Posts sections is like a window, vote on posts that have already X votes between 20 min and 60 min. So if a post never gets X votes before 60 min, you will not vote on it. I understand I really need to clarify all the voting rules stuff, and I will in my next big push when I reach more users. The problem is that I have had a voting bot for several months, so the way I think about it is different than new people.
Thanks for helping me understand how others see things.
Okay, I think I'm clear on how the Other Posts section works now. I appreciate you being so responsive and willing to clarify all these points. Glad the discussion has been useful for you too!