The 7 day window is a problem .. and then again it's not so much of a problem.

As the SMTs start to roll out there can be experiments done with changing the payment window and likely will be. I might also note that only on a platform like Steem can you earn multiple tokens at the same time during the payment window.

I write on another platform where people can earn on their articles for life. And it does attract a lot of professional writers. They find that for the most part, their articles have about a 10 day earning window unless they get lucky and something sparks renewed interest.

What many writers there were doing was they are unlisting their articles and then republishing them to gain more attention for them. The platform has recently outlawed the practice. The only way you can get around that is to delete the original and substantially rewrite the new one.

So, the reality is for the most part, you're maybe losing 3 days of income on Steem. I find most of my posts have about a 4 maybe 5 day window where they actually receive upvotes on Steem.

The content remains yours to do with as you wish to you can repurpose it elsewhere. I think that changing the 7 day window to longer or life would be more a mental benefit than a real benefit and it will invite abuse of the system by sock puppets as you've already noted.
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