Linear Rewards, Vote Strength, Changes in Payouts, Self Voting, etc.
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@timcliff
in which he says
in part
Even new users with a small amount of SP can increase posts by a few cents or even a dollar. If you want more influence, just buy more SP. This is a HUGE change compared to pre-hardfork. Changing this was the main goal of the HF - and it succeeded.
I suggest reading the article in full. He's a witness...he knows whereof he speaks. He explains a lot about subjects on which there is a great deal of confusion.