Cool! Great multiplier effect. Keep in mind that it is useful apparently at the extremes:
very early to seed the pot a little and start your snowball or as they remarked here in the comments very late so the amount doesn't drop too much!
yeah, as long as I keep it manual I should be able to avoid the gaming aspect, I don't want to do random awards since I don't think it reflects recognition for effort.
If it gets really huge maybe it is worth considering splitting it up amongst various people, although it would be awesome to be able to award two prizes of say 500 SBD, imaging the PR value ;)
Yeah, I see the payout dropping, cent by cent, but luckily, the two posts are in their last day or so.
That would be great PR, it would reverberate through Steemit. I think what you're doing is awesome & I am very excited to see the results of your efforts. I'm cheering for you!