I don't know how much a minnow vote will be in the future. now it is 0-1 cent, but if this goes up to 10-50 cents per vote, it will be really motivating for everybody to vote.
through the whale-non-upvote expermiment, I could vote up people with one click with 1.6 USD. that was really cool, so I did a lot curating to vote for a lot people in the last weeks.
Maybe this change will be a game changer for steemit! I hope it will be