If you vote before 30 mins, you don't get the benefit of the full amount of curation. A percentage goes to the Author of the post.
Sometimes, I just don't mind and upvote immediately I see the post because I know the person I vote on is genuine. THEN I read the post ;)
Thank you for explaining @michelle.gent.
I totally agree on this, coz I do this all the time! :)
Can you please elaborate the term curation?
Are we going to get reward of upvoting if author doesn't upvote us?
Yes. You get reward from the reward pool for every post you upvote.
Thank you.
Take a look at this link Steemnow
It shows exactly what your voting power is, your curation rewards and expected payouts. It also shows who upvoted you.
Thank you. It's really helpful:)