I can't remember which fork introduced the curve and down-votes. It may have been the same one. It was the curve, then it was linear, then it was the curve again. We are now going back to 2016 before either of us were here.
Most of us seem to agree that the voting window is bad, and many don't favour the curve. What will it take for something to change?
Likely a post by blocktrades or the hiveIO account asking the community as a whole what they want and if they want it removed, with large discussion and 2 DHF proposals one voting for one voting against the change and use that to gauge consensus.