you can see from the comments, people are concerned and passionate about this.
Selling pressure is massive - hence the loss of value all of the time. There are a few ways to look at this. the new changes are more favorable to investors that power up. investors is good. however, it is at the risk of the existing small steem user, which is most of the current steem population.

Voting on comments concerns me a lot. My entire business model from my brand and steem rely on me voting for comments. When I started steem was worth more and my vote was worth more. Under the new system there is a good chance, my vote on comments wont be enough for a payout, not if i am the only one voting on them. I echo your concern on upvoting comments.