"..posts that would make more than 20 STEEM under the old rules to earn more after the changes. Those posts that would have made less than 20 STEEM under the old rules will receive less.."
aka rich get richer and poor get poorer
"..changed from 75/25 split currently, to a 50/50 split between author and curator.."
So, less for content-creators, more for curators with a lot of money... aka rich get richer and poor get poorer
The insiders have voted themselves another big raise, as the last of the content-creators finally get choked out and chased off.
Somebody better stand up and flag the crap out of treending, or the next giant sucking sound you hear will be the minnows as they exit stage left.
Our curation rewards going from .002 to .004 is not going to offset a 40% drop in author rewards.
We will know the first week of september if we need to just let the haves have it all.
They can have 100% of a coin nobody wants.