Powering up makes a lot of sense when you have a long term outlook in your approach to Steemit. Maybe the current trend will also help clear out some of the people who seemed to be here purely because they felt Steemit was a "cash cow," waiting to be milked of every penny.
It's hard to make much headway with humanitarian and engagement approaches when it seems the only thing people care about is money.
Bright Blessings!
You make a lot of good points. I have a long-term approach, so powering up makes sense for me... even if that means posting 50/50 and then powering up the other half for more rewards.
It would be nice if some of the people who are just taking the money and running, well... ran. Then we'd have more engagers left.