RE: Proposed changes to the voting weight/power
This seems like a decent way to level the playing field a bit - something Steemit really needs right now if it's going to shake off its current obsession with attracting whales in favour of actually producing quality content that appeals to more than a select few. After all, the network is growing by the rate of thousands per day - are we really going to pretend that it's a good idea for 30-odd people to continue holding all the power just because they got here first?
More to the point, it's become obvious that so few whales can't possibly keep up with all the content being produced, which means, despite their best efforts, they're failing at effective curation and letting a lot of high-value content go unnoticed. It's not their fault, but more a product of the system as it currently stands.
Of course, the whales will have to relinquish some of their power to fix this problem, but given that most of them seem to have the network's best interests at heart I'm hopeful that they will at some point begin to do this - perhaps they're just trying to find the best way. Suggestions like this are a great way to contribute to that discussion!