It is still there. If you vote within the first 30 minutes you will share part of your curation rewards with the author.
To simplify it - if you found an amazing post that didn't have anyone voting for it, and you voted for it right at the 30 minute mark, then after that a ton more people found it and voted on it and it made it to the trending page - you would get a large amount of curation rewards.
Still confused as to where the extra comes from though..
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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These should help :)
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
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