No, I don't mean enough to make a change. I mean is that enough to encourage people to buy steem and power it up? I think for that to really happen you need to go to like an 80/20 curation split, 50/50 doesn't seem 'enough', don't you think?
Some are spinning this as SP holders are going to be making more now, but in reality most have been collecting close to 100% of the value of their 10 votes each day via self voting and selling votes, so them collecting 50%ish now is actually going to be a big drop for them...
How is that going to encourage people to buy more steem?
If people weren't buying more steem when they could collect 100% of their 10 votes each day, I am not sure how this is going to help in that regard.
Possibly. That exact question has been debated by stakeholders, witnesses and devs. We're trying 50/50 + 25% downvotes + a curve for now, where the latter two are seen as reducing the necessary curation share somewhat. Maybe enough, maybe not. If that doesn't work then we'll need to iterate in some manner.