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RE: Upvotes Affecting Author $ Rewards Question
Good question! Fortunately, your vote is never the reason the payout decreases. There are a couple reasons the payout could decrease; the biggest one is that it is in a race with all the other posts for payouts. If a whale just pushed one of its close competitors up, the post you're looking at could have its reward decrease.
The other reason is that the exchange rate between STEEM and $ is constantly changing, and you might be seeing the value of STEEM dropping.
Don't worry! Upvoting a post can't decrease its reward!
That's a relief to know. I guess when I click the vote icon, the dollar amount is updated, same as if I had refreshed the page. Thanks for clearing that up for me.