I consider it a feature, not a bug. Instead of ducking into Steemit for a quick profit-taking, the slowness of power down encourages people to hang around and continue creating and curating content so as to earn more.
I just initiated my first power down. It comes to two Steem per week. My goal is to earn AT LEAST three per week so that my Steem Power keeps growing even as I'm actually taking a little bit of wealth out of the system to use on other things.
Thats a great comment, thank you for it !
I like the way you think..nice explanation