For HF21 to occur we need 15 of the top 20 Witnesses to approve it - I would like to think they all take on out active Steemians feelings even if they do not openly respond to them. But Steem has evolved far beyond just blogging, the Blockchain is building gaming platforms, SMT’s will add value to any online content and the potential of the video content is constantly growing as users become tired of existing services.

Here is part of the problem and you did it in this post. People equate content and authors with blogging. It is more than blogging. Those videos are content and they too will be hit by the cut in rewards along with the people who create content on the platforms like DSound. For that matter people who write comments are creating content. So many of the D'Apps like for example Actifit and Cleanplanet depend on content to distribute rewards to their participants. Content is vital. When content creators feel undervalued they pull away.

We're seeing that here just in this post. The number of people who are starting or are doing power downs. And that is without the change being made yet.

As for SMTs adding value to content. Yes they will and what do they need for infrastructure? OH people holding Steem. We need people to stay and to hold Steem. If some need to take Steem to survive on, so be it. Seeing people who would otherwise hold and support the platform taking Steem out. That needs to make you stop and think twice.

Many would at least hold off if the EIP was removed from this HF so we can see how the economic changes to support the SPS pan out. Then do what Steemit Inc suggested in the first place, discuss the EIP for a future HF.

Going to remind you.

Once upon a time we had a 50/50 split on this platform. We also had a super linear reward curve. There was a LOT of inequity between the haves and the have nots. So there was a push to change the economics. Instead of either changing the reward curve or changing the split, both were changed. We have no idea which change created which result.

So here we are, once again changing both split and reward curve. On top of that at the same time taking even more to fund a needed project on the platform. Too many changes and we once again will not know which outcome was caused by which change.

Will we ever learn?