The real answer, this change suck and might not get approved by the top 20. SPS financed by 10% of the author/curator punish the essence of the poeple here. People build dapps without it already!
I can't say for the 50/50 because I need to see it in action with the change of the curve reward.
I believe the retention will be worst and not beneficial for the current users. It is hard to get penny and now you will have a heavy tax system already implemented on the source...
I start to lose faith toward Steemit, lack of constant communication and lack of details on specific use cases about HF21!
Oh, it will de agreed on by the top 20 witnesses (at least 17), the @freedom or Pumpkin vote depends on this, and without htis vote nobody gets to be a top witness.
To be fair if member votes become non linear than so should witness votes. That would resolve the @freedom issue.
OK, I'll take your word for it, I just go by the little I read not that I really am in the know.