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If you vote in the first 15 minutes your vote goes to the pool. Now the vote goes completely to you, the author. With the HF20 proposal you loose your vote to the pool. After 15 minutes you get curation rewards just as all other curators, so not the full vote value. Same as you were to vote on somebody else's post. (more or less)

@jefpatat if you vote on your own post you get 100% anyway because you're getting the author + curator parts so it's irrelevant wither it's 1 minute or 2 days according to current rules right?

So if HF20 implements that change then simply wait 15 to vote on your own stuff (or subscribe to a service that will be created to auto do this for you) and you still get the full amount right?

That is for self voting.

That's why I said 'more or less'. The mechanism is more complicated. Your curation reward also depends on the number of votes before you. (just a random reference here). Self voting is more efficient if you do it as first voter.

Thanks for the link.

Yes I see now that it's the funneling of subsequent voters that is the concern.

The fix does seem like a bit of a tweak rather than a solution.

If you vote in the first 15 minutes your vote goes to the pool.

Actually your curation "goes to the pool." You still generate all the curation you would as an early voter, it just behaves as if that portion of the post rewards was never given. This can end up being a lot more than your vote.

Also this applies to everyone's early votes, not just the author's.