@shayne I hear what you are saying but there maybe other factors to consider. Prior to HF 19 I was using bots to do the majority of my voting and would let my VP get down to 50%. Since HF 19 I stopped all of the bots auto voting. Now I'm only doing manual voting.
Even thou I am voting less and not letting my VP get below 80% ( I have no idea if I'm a minnow or what I am) I am actually reading many more post and commenting more. I believe this new change in my approach is contributing positively to STEEMIT.
Thank you for this great post. Resteeming it.