its taking away the bots advantage.. ie giving others an opportunity to see and vote on the post before the bot does.

So if the rule wasn't there, the bots could jump on a post as soon as it came out, and take all the curation rewards for both successful and non successful posts before anyone had a chance to even see it.

with the rule in place yeah the bots can vote at the 30 minute mark, but others can get in ahead of them slightly earlier. , with almost full power. they can adjust backwards, but hurt % when they do.... so there's a balance of power.

it would be an interesting game theory model to figure out when the best timing was, and how to players could alter their strategy to optimize for competitor strategy.