This makes it more clear that this change may have the effect of disincentivizing those who are more engaged with Steemit. Why should someone less engaged get more influence? It's as stupid as the media focusing on undecided voters in U.S. elections. User engagement is gold to websites like this.
And then there's the issue of increased cognitive load on voting decisions, something that should be reduced rather than increased.
Though I still hold reservations, I'm willing to see how it goes.
I don't necessarily agree we're there yet, but one could argue that a too-high vote threshold would hurt casual users too much.
ALso agree about the cognitive load issue. It will also make people hesitant about voting at all.