Is it being fickle, or is it doing what they see fit with their time and stake? Or, better yet, is it users who care backing off, or the spammers and plagiarists?

It's not that the rewards have been reduced. They're largely absent right now. There have only been six accounts upvoted by musing since late Saturday night. Not faulting them for that, since the revoking of the delegation left them with around 6% voting power on stake roughly 11 times less what it had access to. Can't do much when that happens. It is what it is.

I know I'm waiting for some kind of statement from jonching after announcing he would check on the delegation and get back to us. So far nothing. That's probably because Ned or someone at Steemit Inc. hasn't answered, but regardless, it leaves us in limbo.

There's been activity on the musing discord channel, mainly by users, speculating about what's going on and suggesting what musing should do about getting more SP. I wouldn't call that being fickle.

The fact remains, though, this is a dApp, sitting on a cryptocurrency blockchain. It's existence is pretty much based on users getting some form of reward for their questions and answers, if the community managers/curators feel they warrant it.

Otherwise, there's quora, and hundreds if not thousands of forums and chats that people can go and answer people's questions. What makes musing unique isn't the interface, or the format, or the people coming to volunteer their time and knowledge. It's the fact that they can be rewarded for their opinions and knowledge.

Whatever community musing may have is still here, waiting to know what's going to happen with musing. In the meantime, I'm sure that many of us are still looking for the best ways to grow our stake. I think there's room for that, and forming a part of a community.

It's only been a couple of days. Let's see what happens when musing starts voting again.