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RE: An Illustrated Guide to Curation - from the simple to the complex - with real examples from past posts - Part 1
I hope I can still ask a question?
If I correctly I better upvote a post that already has 12 upvotes and $0.04 value then a post with 2 upvotes and $1.50 value. Do I understand this correctly?
Yes, you have that right.
The number of upvotes is irrelevant under the current reward structure. The current post payout and the time since posting (due to the 30 minute reverse auction period) are the key metrics.
But also worth noting that with SBD at $3 the rewards from posting are much higher than curation, since posting can be paid out 50/50 SBD / SP and the system assumes SBD is worth $1 in its calculations, while curation is paid fully in SP so does not benefit from the raised SBD levels. This makes circle-voting / self-voting / vote-selling a more economically attractive use of vote power than hunting for curation rewards. The system is a little bit broken in this respect.
I did not really realize that. To bad for me, since I'm one of the very best curation hunters. But looking at the bigger picture I don't think this is the most important issue that Steemit has. I think there are quite a lot more important things they should fix if they want to give Steemit a real chance to grow bigger and to survive.