If you delegate 2500 you lose 75% of what you can earn elsewhere.
I'm well aware of that and so are most of the whales delegating. They aren't in it for the ROI but, all of the positive effects @steem-ua has on Steem. They are kind and generous souls that want to see this blockchain succeed and are sacrificing some of their earnings to make it happen.
That is the main issue isn't it. More small once will enter and not enough big ones :) In the end the cantering will happen where people small and big will no longer profit. And then there is utopian elitist club who is benefitting from everyone.
I think it is a tad silly how many people with 250 delegation are talking about how great steem-ua is. When in essence it are the big delegators who are great for supporting all the small once.
You should be thanking @fulltimegeek, @neoxian, @cryptoctopus, @daveks, @nathanmars, @stellabelle, @jaki01, .....