Guess what I'm trying to say is that I hope that this change won't make the middle class of Steem that has worked hard on their own account by investing/grinding/blogging feel less empowered because they won't be able to use their vote in the way they were used too (a stable vote wherever/whenever you vote on the blockchain).

It could potentially be demotivating losing that. I remember coming home from Steemfest 1 and I finally crossed 10k SP and my vote was worth 1 cent for the first time on steemit (this was under n^2). When it changed to linear it was worth a lot more and it was stable and that felt great.

Linear is what most Steemians know today. It's also easy to understand.

Under these new rules, I don't know what sort of impact this will have on current SP holders. I don't know how much a 10k vote will be worth on a post that has no votes for instance. I'm assuming it's a lot less than now and more on a post that already has a lot of votes.

I know these changes incentives users to vote for content that has the most votes or for posts they think will get a lot of votes for curation rewards but it also takes control from current Steemians doing their own thing. (and yes I understand this also involves abuse and self-voting and what not but Steemians also do a lot of good under current structure).

I hope when the announcement comes out that every Steemian at least knows how this will affect them and what the reasoning is behind the changes.

Anyway, I want to thank you for replying as a top 20 witness. That was cool.