There's definitely some merit to the idea of vote delegation, but I'm sure there would plenty of people willing to abuse it too. With enough safeguards in place and a reasonable system of checks and balances you would in essence be creating a virtual system of congressional governance.
A Steemit parliamentary system is an interesting idea but we all know what happens when you give the car keys to the kids while you're away...
Unused SP while people are away taking care of things offline certainly does cause their SP to go to waste and absolutely causes worthwhile posts to be passed over because people do have lives outside of Steemit.
This is a great idea but a tough call. I hope more people see this post and have a chance to weigh in, because I can see the upside and downside to such a system.
In essence you would be electing a proxy in your absence and I'm sure the most qualified to weigh in here would be the people who hold a majority of the SP currently. Only they would know how they would feel about handing over their voting power for a week (or even a weekend) and you have to remember we're talking about some serious money to be made or lost via proxy...
I know that I for one won't even let others drive my car, but I know plenty of people who don't seem to mind at all. It's really a tough call but one that's definitely worth some consideration.
Thanks. Obviously there is always potential for abuse. In this case the hope is that the reputation system will help to reduce it. The other thing is that if someone does a poor job of curating under DV then they would be less likely to get it again - so if the "kids" crash the car they are less likely to get use of it in future.