i think if the hf makes it better to hold SP, then the HF is good. I think one big problem is, holding Steem has only a little benefit.

If it makes more sense to hold steem, the price should increse and the voting power "$$$" should increase too.

I think the Downvote pool can be really bad, or nothing big happens. But i dont see a real benefit.

Because some content is not really popular, but gets a lot of attention.

So imo this content is something worth too.

I think add Like/ Dislike to the Steem Blockchain and rename "Upvote "to "Support/Donation" can fix the problem too.

Like always nice article @shortsegments

Best regards

@freddio