RE: Increasing Curation, Demand for Steem Power and Community Interaction
IMO, losing voting influence by powering down diminishes the value of investing in SP. If someone is flush in SP, then powering down might be gravy. But for others, powering down at some point might involve their week to week sustenance. And they might contribute so much to the platform that they're able to keep moving ahead of the power-down curve.
Some have invested Steem they bought from exchanges in order to move forward on Steemit more quickly, as part of their investment in the platform. It seems like pulling the rug out from under them to take away their voting influence simply because they're cashing in on part of their investment. Their ability to influence through voting is part of their investment. Keep the investment in SP attractive by maintaining all privileges that come with it, including what remains when powering down.
Completely agree about powering down. But I think the idea of voting pools (if the whales actually used them) could help to bring more diverse content to the home page by empowering more users' votes to make a difference.
I think I agree. Honestly, I didn't understand the particulars about that enough to really form a firm opinion. On the surface, however, I like the idea.
lol, someone flagged my comment. It must have been particularly rude and insulting.
No there are some trolls who are going around flagging for no good reason. Don't take it personally, and you will get offsetting upvotes from good community members in response, so it doesn't really hurt anything.
Thanks @smooth. Yeah, the "lol" was real.
Apparently we have flag bearing trolls with nothing better to do.
Thanks again!