About a week ago, I posted a community question, which opened more doors than it closed.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@rcarter/steemit-curation-a-community-question
Since then I have been putting my voting power into curating to test the waters. What I found out;
1.) Even if you aren't one of the top 5... You will earn a reward, if your voting power outweighs one of the other voters'.
2.) In order to get a curation reward, your voting power has to be sufficient enough to add money to the post.
3.) Your rewards are calculated based on how long you waited to vote vs. how much you voted for.
Examples in images;
This is a post I enjoyed and curated I was actually 6th voter, but placed 2nd in voting weight
In order to see the rewards, in the URL, just change the 'it', in steemit.com to a 'd'.
Click on, 'Advanced mode'.
Click on, 'vote details'. If you add up the wgt %, you'll come up with a number minus the author curation %
Here, you can see the authors curation rewards, compared to yours Since I voted past 30 minutes, I will receive a larger piece of the pie.
So, in this post as it sits now... I will get 5.97% of the rewards this post earns. Since its currently pending a $3.67 payout, I should receive 0.219 cents. ($3.67 x 5.97%)
Thanks for reading!
_Rob