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RE: 27 out of the 'TOP' 100 Steemians are powering down...Should we be concerned???
I wouldn't be concerned at all. Basically, it's smart. If you're constantly powering down then you'll constantly have access to at least 1/13 of your steem power, which makes it more liquid. That gives you more control and ability to make decisions about the best thing to do with your money at the moment. Which matters when you've got thousands of dollars tied up.
Knowing that you at least of 1/13 liquid every week allows you to have access to your funds and reinvest appropriately. You might cash some out for living expenses, or buy some altcoins because the market has dropped, or simply reinvest it all in steem power.
The point is you'll at least be able to make a decision about it. It's smart money management.
Reinvesting them back into steem power is one thing...but if they are moving it into bittrex to buy another coin then that isn't good for this platform.....I haven't taken off a single penny from Steemit.
Yes, I too am not taking a single penny off, but you and I also don't have thousands of dollars involved. That's real money and the fact of the matter is that kind of money should always be diversified.
The system has built in incentives like steem power to encourage growth of the currency and it works wonderfully. You have to remember too though that the whales also want to see the currency maintain it's value.
If you had over a million dollars worth of something, would you be doing anything to make the value of that go down? Probably not. Would you be thinking that it might be smart to diversify that money a bit and use it to help other things grow and maybe make some more roi? Probably. I know I would.
That doesn't mean that I'd think or participate less on this platform though, just means I'd be using common money management sense and keep a portion of my funds liquid to take advantage of any opportunities that may come up.
That's just my take though. It's what makes sense to me. Ultimately though, I believe in the model and technology behind steemit and that's where the value is for me. I'm sound investing in it because it's already adding value in my world and I think that's true for many others and is ultimately why the platform will succeed.