Some of this may be addressed by the fork coming on Tuesday. Payout it changing to 12 hours, and 30 days. This means posts could be found as hidden gems and be paid more in 30 days. At this time (until that change is implemented) there is really no benefit to vote for something AFTER the 24 payout occurs as that author receives nothing for it. I've found many great articles like 2 to 3 days after they were posted. This 30 day payout might fix that. :)