Well, as some of you know, I'm kinda retarded when it comes down to code and maths. So I had to ask several people until I kind of understood how Content Payout works here... Pants down this is too complicated, here's the

Explain Like I'm Five

After you posted content, a 24 hour timer starts ticking. However, every Upvote you get has the potential to reverse some of that time (ffs, steem can get you back to the future).

let's say @dan who is a huge whale steps in to upvote your content. the timer now gets 1 additional hour added.
let's say a little pleb like @ash upvotes your content. your timer now giggles and gets 1 additional minute added.

Now think of this just with mathematics and blehbleh.