I guess I'm a bit mixed with this I'm totally fine with the 7 day payout and I'm somewhat okay with the locking of posts after that too. I have come from other places where content is basically removed if its not talked about for a certain amount of time so I guess the idea of posts being decommissioned is okay with me since that's a lot better than it being deleted outright haha.
RE: I like the seven day payout window, but...