I think that Hive should avoid the mistake of Steemit Inc and the hardforks they put through. I am not sure on the ratio as I did not become a member of the block chain at it's birth, but other than the HF/SF's of takeover/mayhem, the vast majority of them involved some so called FIX to the reward pool.
It would be nice to see one solid year before a change to the reward pools are done again. Why would someone want to invest in a system that can completely negate their reason for investing in the first place.
HF24 will solidify the foundation of Hive and help stabilize it as a true first layer system. HF25 should be the stabilization of the governance system.
Reward and down vote pool adjsutments should wait til the one year anniversary of Hive Block Chain.
Just my opinion, from just a user.
I agree, it takes a quite a long to assess the true impact of the changes made to the reward system. In the case of the EIP, it didn't contain anything that would pull in new users. Instead it was catered for existing users, which is important for retention. Better and improved apps, more marketing, and possibly the next bull run will test if the EIP has been a worthwhile improvement.