I think ultimately this will hurt the little guys... ones that depend on a lot of votes from other little guys. It's how we support each other. There are probably 20 people that I consistently upvote... it will also affect upvoting comments.
It should work out great for the whales (surprise) because those $250 votes will now be worth $1000 (to each other, not us). We'll see, but I'm not feeling the love!
The value per vote will be four times higher for anybody. And the Legend level accounts will still support the Newbie and other levels. Like they did before.
Rewards will build up faster with every added vote, that is basicly the essence. This goes indeed for every account, no matter what level they are at. For accounts of Newbie level and up this would mean faster results in potential payout.
There will be innitiatives that will support Newbie and up levels, just like there have been all they way from the start.
Guild will emerge, trails, and sub-communities. In essence the linear reward line will make every vote count for what it is worth in Steem Power. That includes the delegated, (+), ones.
If this really would work out bad in practise the reward curve would be adjusted in a follow up fork.
thanks for comment - valuable - exciting info
Glad I could be of assistence.