"just look at what the trending articles are about and who votes for them."

I agree that the trending pages are filled with Steem-related content, and I would like to see a variety of content further on, but I also think it's logical to reward that content, and truth is, that Steem-related articles has always been rewarded.

"the rest of us are worse off, it is there in plain sight only those who don't want to see don't see this."

Like I said in this article, I have seen many of the accounts I follow go in both directions. Those who seem to earn less though, seems to earn just a little bit less than before, meanwhile others seems to earn more. Often well-more than before.

However, I have obviously seen that some actifit posts for instance, or posts with one sentence and a link to another site etc. I have seen that those have started to earn less than before, but I also think that is the right direction, as we are supposed to reward high quality and effort. We don't want spam, bid-bot abuse or low quality posts to earn massive rewards.

That being said, I can understand that some authors might be affected in a negative way because of this, but I still think it's for the greater good. This might affect some (or even most of) us in a negative way short term, but I think it will pay off long term.