> It used to be almost weekly and then it started showing up a lot more. This week alone this is my third time as it seems to be showing up every other day now. I’m wondering if things need to be adjusted slightly or if there was a recent change that has caused this in the code?

No, I guess you just write good content that is valuable and should get paid more :-). But what does change every week is the training data. Old data is discareded and the Machine Learning model is retrained every Sunday on newer posts.

> I’m not sure if my own interaction with it in regards to leaving a comment and an upvote has any influence with it either

Well, no, he cannot be bribed with comments or upvotes, the algorithm doesn't take interactions with the bot into account. [However, there was admittedly one single incident where @trufflepig made a biased evaluation :-D](https://steemit.com/slothicorn/@gogotattoo/steemit-bot-introduction-artwork-trufflepig-s-imagination-robot-body).

> I noticed today it did not post a comment. I did notice the upvote so I thought I would come and check things out.

Yes, sometimes his comments don't make it through and are not included in the Blockchain, I should probably retry than just skip and continue upon an error.

> It is quite an interesting project, to say the least. I have enjoyed it showing up. 

Thanks :-)

> It really seems to love the length, amount of photos/screenshots, and my formatting. 

Basically, if there are many posts in the training set that also show similar features to yours and that received high payouts, the model also predicts a high payout for your posts.