it was really an oversight we just learned about a few weeks ago.
this was an issue i raised nearly 4 months ago 23rd Jan
https://steemit.com/steemit/@isacoin/re-shadowbot-why-investing-in-your-steem-power-matters-especially-with-shadowbot-20180123t220555472z
Since introduction of pool priority users delegating away SP are still shown as having the same and still receiving same rewards from pool priority and having FVL even though SP is very little thus giving dust votes to all.
I suppose the delay was to maximize the use of the exploit since their is more than a few who are using this way and are long time members delegating 90% of their steem away and taking votes all the same
This is probably why you stopped updating https://shadowbot.us/shadowbot/casters.php so it couldn't be seen how much these users earned through this exploit and i would imagine the new release will start from 0 as the last time to hide the extent of it.
a better question would be how long has exploit existed and how much have users taken?!
The Caster's page updates every time you request it. The last user to join:
3203 candg 1 0.1 15 90.92% 1 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 4 hours ago 4 hours ago
4 hours ago.
We have currently 2062 members totally 473,639 SP. We can assure you the casters page has always been real and updating.
The "delay" is part of an entire re-write that we have explained before. The new system will have all known issues fixed as well as many new features available.
none of the earning/voting stats here have been updated in at least 5 weeks
you say there is a pool of 473,639 steem but how much is in the pool and not delegated away?
i checked through accounts above 2k sp and there is 31ksp delegated out from shadowbot pool from these alone no small figure as these users having been getting massive amount from users with shadowbot some for over 5 months lucky for everybody some dont post frequently
@onealfa 28k sp - 16k delegated = 11.9k effective
@technerd888 16ksp - 8.5k sp delegated = 7.5k effective
@dexter-k 9.2k sp - 2k sp delegated = 7k sp effective
@suggeelson 4.2k sp - 3.98 k delegated = 200 sp effective
Thank you for taking the time out to let us know about this problem, we are aware and It's being fixed. Thank you for your patience.