lol right now there are only 2 market manipulators and I think you can guess who they are... This post is a great idea and I've been saying the same from the beginning. Locking people up for 104 weeks does a few things:
1- tricks some people
2- when people find out they are locked in they get mad or leave
3- locking people in is effectively trying to manipulate the market (in the end the market will decide)
4- why not let the FREE market determine the value of the platform, not tricks and larinomics
5- the argument smooth makes about voting with multiple accounts makes ZERO sense if the power down period is more than 24hrs... so 104hrs or 104days works. Also a rule could be put in place that does not allow a user to vote with new steempower for 24-48hrs (delaying the vote power like locking up staked coins for a #of confirmations)
6- I believe with almost 100% certainty the power down time will change but the large holders need to cash out more first. Then they will change the time limit stating is was "DEMANDED BY USERS" lolol of course this was all part of the plan but I'm one of the few people who see the big economic picture.
As I've said before, this platform is great, unfortunately the economics incentives "larinomics" are highly flawed.
Time will tell...
RE: My proposal: reduce the withdraw channel from 104 weeks to 104 days or even 104 hours to make steemit less like a ponzi scheme