While I don't understand the particular issue, I'm with you on keeping it simple. Personally, I'm kind of bummed about the slider deal. Right around the time the slider was first implemented I landed my very first whale vote... only it amounted to very little because the whale used the slider. I'm thinking when I get my own slider I might choose to not use it. We'll see. The part I struggle most with is that it seems to me the parameters for earning rewards are always changing, so you can never study up on them, implement a strategy to maximize earnings and count on the parameters not changing with little notice. I realize a lot of this is growing pains, but I really hope soon the Steemit powers that be can figure out a good model that works for the most part and then stick with it. Then us users can adjust and make it work for us as we see fit.