> Ive gotten paid more on my steem posts so far than most musicians earn in royalties across a decade sooo I doubt im being shortchanged

I'm going to join @seanlloyd in playing the devil's advocate here. :D

The *shortchanging* is especially significant when you have a post which tends to rank very well in search engines and continues to get both traffic and upvotes for months after the rewards window was closed.

With the ever-growing Steem ecosystem this is going to become a more often felt sentiment as well. Two platforms where the 7 days window may be shortchanging would be Steemhunt (upcoming ProductHunt on the Steem blockchain) and any Q&A project like [What Q&A](https://steemit.com/steem/@fknmayhem/the-first-decentralized-quora-alternative-now-available-as-a-mobile-app-on-the-steem-blockchain) (apologies for link to own article about it but the Steem account of the project is less detailed in info IMHO).

In both examples, there is a case to be made for the content to have longer lasting value than the 7 days window. A solid product (say Vessel) is a solid product, not merely for 7 days. Same applies to a great answer to a question. 

Both should be able to continue to be rewarded.