My posts are set to reward me 100% in HP, so I don't have mush of anything to power up, except for the small amount of HBD I make on comments, which I'm accumulating so that I have a little liquid hive. That 15% interest is hard to resist, and having a bit of HBD in savings stabilizes my bottom line. I can't remember the last time I powered down.
I feel that if folks are trying to live on what they make here, I have no complaints. But, if they are just removing it, or delegating it nearly all, so that their upvote is very small, to any entity that rewards them with large upvotes or rewards of some kind... well, I stopped supporting those accounts long ago, no matter how good the content is. I look closely at an account's activity before I decide to do this though, not only at whether or not they power down. There are other ways to take advantage of hive.
100% HP is essentially the same things, so well done. (I checked your wallet yesterday and you'll get my votes.)
Your second paragraph, I do the same thing. I understand that people think they can live on it, (makes me wonder how they lived before they got on the blockchain...anyway...) but taking hundreds out and powering up none? Surely they could power up/stake 10 out of every hundred they take out?
Anyway, they won't get my votes, you will though.
OK good. I wanted to make sure you weren't talking about me! I feel like I'm a contributing member, good content, careful curating, regular presence, mostly staked. But ya never know...
It pays to check. 😉
You're all good, no worries.