I think the objective of the RC and the HF20 was precisely to annoy the minnows. Put a lot of restrictions on the minnows so that they can not get anything out of the platform without investing. At least that's my first impression.
If I'm right, then I can't say more that this was a big mistake.
yup, that would be a social media suicide
We will do what we can to help out the IW minnows :) still monitoring situation and once we see how it all shakes out we will put out a plan to help(if it is necessary)
I agree, and to the Steemit Development team I say this:
"Congratulations! You have transformed Steemit into a reincarnation of ancient-and-long-forgotten Livejournal, except that this knock-off version requires a substantial financial investment to use while the original was free!"