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What I'm afraid of is... What if we get to a point where we can only give one upvote per day instead of ten...??? By the way... It was so nice of you to give yourself such a nice upvote on your comment... lol...
@pocketechange

I saw up votes go down as well, but the weight of the votes I get now far out weighs the change in volume.

As I am aware the payout is not fixed until the it is finally paid out. The rewards goes up and down with the price of Steem as well as a number of other factors.