I don't think it's the powering down that started this as much as it is powering down and not powering up at all. There's a pretty big difference in my opinion. I get that some of people are relying on Hive to pay their bills, but why wouldn't you want to grow your account? The more you grow you more you can earn. You can still power up 25% and take the other 75% to pay for whatever you need to pay for. I think it's the accounts that are sitting at basically nil powered up and keep pulling everything out then complain that their account isn't growing that is the issue. Sure, they have every right to take the funds out, but those other accounts also have the right to not vote for them. As you mentioned about creating runway in the bear, this is the time you should be wanting to grow your Hive power I would think.