Does the reward go somewhere? How about rep? Does it cost you voting power?
One question I've had come up semi-frequently from Steemians is around what happens when you vote on a post that is past it's payout. Because we see our vote go through...but the payouts closed! So how does this work?
Q: Does my vote give any reward to a post past the 7 day payout period? If so, does the author get it or does it go somewhere else?
This one's pretty straight forward. The answer is no. If you vote on a post with a closed payout you give zero reward to that post. This also doesn't effect the reward pool in anyway.
Q: Do I get curation rewards if I voted on a post that was past payout?
Unfortunately no. The curators cut was already paid out and no future votes get any curation reward.
Q: Does voting on a post drain my voting power? or put another way...does it count as one of my forty votes a day?
Yes. When you vote on a post, regardless of the scenario, your voting power percentage will decrease (about 0.5%.) Even if you un-vote somebody, you don't get it returned.
Q: Does voting after a posts payout has closed effect reputation?
This one has actually been tricky to get a well sourced answer on. My understanding is that a vote at any time, even past payout WILL effect reputation...both up or down (if it's a downvote.)
Q: So why do they even allow votes after the post was paid?
This has changed a couple of times over the last year, with there being points that no votes were accepted once it closed. Now, it's only rewards and resteems that close, but votes and commenting are left open.
The underlying idea is that it's still nice to see when you get a vote on something from waaaaaay back when. You know people are actually reading it (likely) at that point. This also lets the voter have that opportunity to give their support, even if it doesn't end up being monetary.
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