"I think HF21 hasn't been good for newbies on Steemit."

I keep hearing these things, but have yet seen anything that really backs this up. In what way was HF21 bad for newbies? I have some ideas myself, and I have been concerned as well, but the more I think and talk about it, the more I realize how HF21 seems to have been literally the best thing for Steem. Long term.

In comparison to what was HF21 bad for newbies? In comparison to how easy it was to basically "steal" rewards before? In that case, HF21 does exactly what's intended, as we don't want to reward low quality, bid-bot abuse or spam.

Do you have any more details to share about this?

Also, we still haven't seen the full effect of the latest HardFork. Things takes time. It would've been a true miracle if we saw the price of Steem increase immediately after the HardFork. Things have to settle down before we will see those types of results.

#Newsteem is about changing how Steem has worked previously, as it has been far from sustainable for a long period of time. You can't expect one HardFork to change the price immediately. We need to prove that the mindset and behaviour of #newsteem is the new route for Steem, and that will obviously take some time.