Hive account@dexterdennis you ae welcome! After 7 days, that is when the payout occurs for posts, comments, the resteem button also dissapears. Once any post is made (comment or post), we have 7 days to upvote, resteem. We can add new comments later though.
Regards, 
Hive account@gold84
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