but then the appreciator will not work. Blockchain records votes cast even after the settlement time, it just automatically gives them a value of 0 and the appreciator uses this fact. If you want to introduce this, it is best to do it in such a way that the vote is still counted by blockchain and next to it there is the functionality you are talking about. Especially since it is also important for the author in the context of analytics how many people voted for his content and in the case of future analytical tools that developers can create. Another issue is that other developers in the future may want to introduce similar content reward systems like this and simply if you solve FE media blurt in such a way that returning the vote after the time is impossible, then the authors of the films will not use it. In any case, as long as this bubble pops up and there is no possibility to vote, unfortunately users will not receive a reward from the appreciator. It would be nice if you took this into account.