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Treat carefully!

The % of curation rewards that went back to the author before HF20, now go back to the reward pool. Earning votes before 15 minutes will not earn you more rewards. That is why the baseline is at 15 minutes.

This is visible on our page and there is no need for it to be visible on steembottracker as there is no difference for the user whether it's 0 minutes or 15 minutes.

If you make a threat like this again, prepare to receive the consequences.

Thanks @therealwolf, for the clarification, as well as the advice.

Please understand the frustration that I and other Steemians have felt, owing to the major changes of HF20 and the resulting disruptions. Moreover, I had asked for explanations about the bid process, but had not received any replies. In fact, other sources had told me misleading info about the new 15-minute window, and, consequently, I now realize that I was wrong about the situation and also about the upvote process of @smartsteem

It was not my intention to take out my frustrations on you or on @smartsteem. Since it appears that I did so, please accept my sincere apology.

I’ve been a long-time user of @smartsteem UpVotes, and your service has been excellent. I can honestly say that @smartsteem is one of the most reputable of the bid-bots.

Again, thanks for the reasoned response. It’s much appreciated. I will be sure to “treat carefully” – or more carefully – in the future.

Sorry for me intruding this little argument but dude really you got +30K STEEM in your account and do not inform yourself properly about HF20?

I don't consider any worthwhile comment to be an intrusion, so no need to apologize.

Actually, I did make an effort to learn the various details about the fork, but since Steemit has no central repository, finding specific information is not always the easiest on this platform. And, as I mentioned above, I read some misleading and contradictory info about the fork.

After joining Steemit, it took me months to learn many of the basics (and I believe that's true of many newbies). And I'm still learning, particularly after the fork.