I'm a minnow and am quite confused. So I have a question if you will bear with me. So let's say a post (A) used to be paid out in 24 hours with a 30 day window to possibly make more. People who would see that post (A) on that day and vote....eventually more people post (B, C, D, E....) in said category pushing the post (A) down and eventually out of view if you follow me.
Now with the hard fork the payout is a 7 day period.... posting is still the same. A Steemians post (A) will get voted on and pushed down the list in said category. (In both instances no one generally looks at that post after a day to vote on it because it has been pushed down the list by posts B, C, D, E...)

I think one of the most marketable and amazing things about Steemit was the fact that you could make some $ in a 24 hour (or so) period. Now you have to wait 7 days for a payout from any posts that never really get voted on past 24 hours.
I have grown my account here organically and have seen the payouts go up and down, but mostly down. (Not because I am not generating good content). I am an active Steemian and feel free to look at my payouts from my past posts.
If a Steemian was making $5.00 for a post and now it becomes $0.05...I don't see the benefit especially if that Steemian came from a country where they might average $5.00 for the entire week. (Not an exageration but true fact) I can list 10 countries (off the top of my head) out of the 54 in Africa alone where the average wage is $0.33 per day if they are lucky.

Wasn't the unofficial slogan "Come for the rewards stay for the community?"

So let's keep this simple, HOW are my posts as a minnow going to generate any significant rewards with this HF?
My latest post has 98 views and has made $0.17 .... I can track who voted for me on steemstats.com and see the whales, dolphins and minnows and their "voting weight", hopefully you can answer my question. (Hopefully I didn't confuse the matter.)