I know a number of Steemit users are complaining about having to wait seven full days for content they've contributed to yield its just (or unjust) rewards. I, however, have a different perspective.
Of course it was kind of frustrating to be earning absolutely nothing for seven long days once the hard fork went into effect. On the other hand, it has been fun to build up the pipeline. If I miss a day on Steemit, then I won't have to suffer the pain of no rewards for another seven days. Hey, delayed punishment can be a blessing, just in a different way than delayed gratification.
With my new wantwiserupvote initiative, it has been super helpful to still be able to vote on a post four days after it has been published. I voted on a few four day old posts today, as a matter of fact. I had to scroll down deep into the introduceyourself tag because there weren't quite enough brand new introductions for me to complete my small minnow voting quota. In the pre-hard fork days, if I missed voting on a post during that initial 24 hour window, then my vote wouldn't pay the author until thirty days later...
...which brings me to the but: What happened to the second payout? Did we really have to do away with the second payout in order to extend the first payout by 7 days? I mean, what happens if I come across an amazing article eight days after it's been published? I can't upvote it. I can't even comment on it. What's up with that? I understand that Steemit wants to encourage fresh content, but does it really have to come at the expense of previous content still earning?
I have my initiative described in what I would consider to be an informative, pithy, and pleasant to read article. It's the article I link to now when telling others about my initiative. But in seven days those new people who learn about it won't be able to vote on it. Not that the rewards are the point or anything, but I always think of that hypothetical situation where a current whale might fall so in love with my initiative around day 10 or so, and want to support it with a big fat upvote... but can't because the article is dead.
There is a workaround, I guess. That is to simply repost the article as a new one every seven days. As long as I'm going to repost it I might want to look it over and see if I should change anything about it. I might rewrite the whole thing and make it better, or maybe more tailored to a different audience. I might occasionally just copy/paste, but that would get boring to do that every time.
I read some whale wisdom earlier this week about how when you have a good idea, you keep repeating it until more people catch on. I see now how Steemit is engineered to support this repetition.
But then again, continuing to write about the wantwiserupvote initiative in different ways on a regular basis is starting to sound suspiciously like marketing, and... and... I really don't do marketing.
Hmmm.... So Steemit has conspired to turn me into a marketer. I'm on to you, Steemit!
The question is, am I going to fall for it?
I guess we'll all find out :)
