Following you @deserttree
I really appreciate your words.
Here's a play that could possibly prevent on vote decline somewhat- send a post that is 3 or 4 days old...and see what kind of data that results.
So far i've been able to accommodate all upvotes within a 24 hour window. I will be doing upvoting in the evening hours of EASTERN STANDARD TIME starting round 10 or 11pm usually