Guess what I'm trying to say is that I hope that this change won't make the middle class of Steem that has worked hard on their own account by investing/grinding/blogging feel less empowered because they won't be able to use their vote in the way they were used too (a stable vote wherever/whenever you vote on the blockchain).
It could potentially be demotivating losing that. I remember coming home from Steemfest 1 and I finally crossed 10k SP and my vote was worth 1 cent for the first time on steemit (this was under n^2). When it changed to linear it was worth a lot more and it was stable and that felt great.
Linear is what most Steemians know today. It's also easy to understand.
Under these new rules, I don't know what sort of impact this will have on current SP holders. I don't know how much a 10k vote will be worth on a post that has no votes for instance. I'm assuming it's a lot less than now and more on a post that already has a lot of votes.
I know these changes incentives users to vote for content that has the most votes or for posts they think will get a lot of votes for curation rewards but it also takes control from current Steemians doing their own thing. (and yes I understand this also involves abuse and self-voting and what not but Steemians also do a lot of good under current structure).
I hope when the announcement comes out that every Steemian at least knows how this will affect them and what the reasoning is behind the changes.
Anyway, I want to thank you for replying as a top 20 witness. That was cool.
Thanks, now I know what you are concerned about. Actually quite interesting aspect. More related to UI/UX which usually mostly sucks. What I didn't liked in n2 days was that there were no info on actual impact that you've made on a post.
That info can be precise only at the post payout, with more complex algorithm it could be more tricky to guess.
With upcoming changes it is worth making visible on how good your curation efforts was.
FYI: @steemchiller - new challenge for SteemWorld :-)