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Some of you may have noticed the problem where rewards change.
I managed to capture what this looks like, and have some theory about what causes it, and how to improve this function.
http://puu.sh/wnKEW/a187185050.png

started tracking this after I noticed reward changing over time without interactions like voting, I thought it would be good to get some data points to see if there is a pattern in an attempt to understand the underlying cause of it.  You may have noticed this happens across all posts/comments/etc at roughly the same percentage over time, but did anyone notice it also increases sometimes?
https://puu.sh/wm026/03f9624d57.png
https://puu.sh/wm2Ih/f1e5686346.png

the overall trend during my tracking was down,
but it sometimes moves up. 
the way in which it changes resembles something else
http://puu.sh/wnJIF/8e1385e032.jpg

It seems the payout is an estimated value scaled to the current value of STEEM
this is perfectly reasonable, but there are some problems with it!
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**problem #1**: the potential to ruin hype. 
*(HEY EVERYONE MY FIRST POST MADE $10 ON STEEMIT!!!  wait... nevermind...)*

**problem #2**: the potential to create superstitions.
*(every time I upvote some else's post the value of mine goes down! I'm never voting again!)*

**problem #3**: the potential to create paranoia.
*(someone's out to get me downvoting all my comments/posts! I got shadowbanned!)*

**The issue is lacking an explanation for why it happens.**
I think the interface needs some adjustment to indicate what the payout is linked to, 
here is my version of what that might look like:
http://puu.sh/wnKhV/d83e234e54.jpg
the $ value would change over time from scaling value, but the 1st value would not.
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thanks for reading
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