I am a big fan of PoB. We take for granted being a top 100 coin without any manipulation. It's not easy, it means you have real value. PoB was broken on STEEM for years and the new EIP has hit closer to home than anything else. HMTs will revolutionize the way decentralized curation is done and make the community very robust.
Inflation on STEEM decreases every block, HMTs will eventually become more popular overall. STEEM's PoB is for distribution and onboarding. HMTs are for retainment. Without PoB you get cartels for witnesses. You have never seen a vote war in DPOS before because the other DPOS chains are already conquered. Take away PoB distribution and you take add a security risk.
I can go on and on about this, which I have. I am in favor of switching a few things, like a mega upvote/downvote that use more SP. I am a fan of removing the competitive curation as it isn't working good in practice. I have some ideas, a flat 3 day period where you earn the same no matter what you vote (unless the post is downvoted) and after 3 days you take a small penalty up until the post window is closed (7days)
I believe if you give a WORKING PoB model, similar to what we have now a bull run, you have a top 20 coin.
after what happened in the last couple of weeks it is fascinating for me that anyone think that social part of the chain is not important. it is mind boggling.
Agree with this. The social side of PoB creates an army of engaged micro stakeholders. If we have learnt anything from the last month surly that is it.