I've calmed down after my initial hissy-fit and do agree with you here. I just hope that the changes don't drive quality content creators away and that the downvote for downvote pissing contests, like the one I've gotten myself into here, come to an end.
I'll still write here, but I'm going back into the shadows when to comes to true up and down curation. I'll leave trying to encourage true change to the bigger accounts.