Wow respect that you have changed your mind about the current development on Steem and stopped powering down. That sounds to me like many other great influencers would consider to keep some more Steempower invested, because they could profit more from upcoming SMT projects, that will Airdrop Tokens to Users with high UA-Score.
I hope that this new System will also work for newcomers and Steem-only-Investors because of the less engagement with the community. If Newcomers and Steem only Investors get scared away by the new UA-System than we have a new problem coming up.
Lets see how things will play out. In my opinion we all should be more open minded and willing to adapt and change the UA-System if it creates new problems. With that in mind we could improve the new reputation as we go forward and grow the community.
Thanks for this good post and Input @surfermarly