Thanks a lot @crypto.piotr, I appreciate your contribution and support a lot.
My fear as I have always expressed is that a lot is based on assumptions that people will act in a certain manner but we know that some people are so unpredictable.
About the 50/50 curation thingy, I see very good content creators earning less than a dollar, as a member of @upvotebuilders i follow a lot of members and read their post on actifit, literal works and a whole bunch of stuff. They get their upvotes mainly from the various communities they belong to, their network of followers are like most of them and are only able to upvote them in the $0.00 to $0.05 range. It has been rear to receive upvote from whales as their focus is most times the big guns like themselves.
How this change will make whales start voting smaller accounts of good content creators is what I still do not know. And that is where the fear of content creators earning less comes to play. Because for me as a content creator if it is the same people that'll still keep voting me after HF21, then definitely i'll be earning less. What will turn the big whales to my post to give me those double digits I see is what I am still trying to figure out. Lol.
As regards the stop to power down of big whales so that they can actually earn more via curation is also an assuming thing, because there is no stopping them from continuing to reap more profit from Steem price gain if there is going to be such.
Price of Steem is another thing, will HF21 really cause the price of Steem to pick up or drop even further? I don't really know.
I know I am in Steem for the long term because of the so many good works that is built on it, the Dapps, Games, various UI and of course a lot of developers that keep coming up with great and exciting new stuff. The freedom to post and interact with people has been great, making friend and hearing from people all over the world in an instance is something you can't beat. So, I ain't going no where.
I wish a lot of whales are like you though, engaging and encouraging smaller accounts, that alone is a great boost and motivation to do more. And that was what I got when I started and in my little way I try to do the same even with a tiny account with so much leased SP. Lol.
Good content creator need encouragement and how HF21 solves that problem with the 50/50 curation is something I am still banging my head to understand. Thanks.
Dear @ketcom
Not a big deal buddy :) I like you already, I found your content interesting and I respect the fact that you're engaging with people. I like to support valuable users on Steemit and you're surely hell one of them :)
Solid question buddy. Hard to tell. I'm not very positive about it.
This assumption comes from the fact, that current change will create window of opportunity for those who would like to abuse this system for their own benefits. And this assumption is based on my strong believe in humans "greed".
In my opinion most serious stakeholders will slow down with powering down to see how much more will they be earning after HF21. I may be obviously wrong, but I still think that some part of "whales" will share similar mindset.
I'm pleased to hear those kind words :)
ps.
What is main goal of @upvotebuilders ? Would you mind telling me about "business model" of this project?
Yours
Piotr
Are you on discord @crypto.piotr? My response is getting bigger than I had anticipated.