I'll happily eat my words if HF21 results in quality content from all levels account getting duly reward - but my suspicion is that Whales who vote each other are just going to end up with higher rewards on their average content and at my level we'll just all get less, all irrespective of quality.
BTW I already earn 10* through WordPress than I do here! That's where I put all my pro-standard content which drives traffic to my resource sales and revision webinars.
Steem doesn't offer me the functionality i need for main business. Anything I earn on here for my personal posts is a bonus.
Whatever the changes, I'll adapt. I'm quite good at curation so that might not be a bad thing for me.
It'll be interesting to see the comparison 2 months down the line.
What are your metrics for measuring a successful hardfork?