FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE EVERYONE TO TAKE A FEW DEEP BREATHS, EXHALE, AND COUNT TO 10 (OK Damus, take your time and count to 20...) :P
Alrighty then, there were a few items that came to light recently with "adjustments" to Stax's voting output levels. Just so happens these things also coincide with the recent drop in Steem and SBD prices. _DOUBLE WHAMMY! _ That's got everybody just a little edgy, I'm feeling it too. Let's break these items down one at a time...
Maybe it's time to adjust
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. I do not see their names on the adjustment form. Those 3 100% up votes could sure save us some power. You say that you wanna keep it at 94 to 95, but with those 3 100% up votes it will never get there...
A couple issues are addressed here, maybe 3...
A. Bot Operators typically up-vote the main account to help support the Bot Account (I do because I am supplementing my bots with all my available SBD atm) Maybe Phil can shed some light here... Even if he is just self-rewarding I have no problems with that, as long as it's not excessive, and taking away from the community.
B. Qurator Votes: I know what this is, and I did ask Phil. This is vote-trading, and with a commensurate sized vote. This practice does "indirectly" help the community bot, until you have problems with distributions and weights. IMO this would be or could be the first thing to go.
C. STAX Self-Votes: This one most directly helps the internal build up of the Botty.
Summation of #1... IMO at least one of these will have to be axed. Cutting the Qurator vote out would restore 12 Gold members to the 40% status (we only have 9 Gold) or support 100 new entry levels. Or get things back to normal faster. Stopping STAX from _SELF WANKING _ (lmao!) would have the same effect, but reduce growth rates.
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Now I'm thinking the same thing. Where does that go when it's all said and done? Steem is way down and Stax isn't even 6 months old. (2 comments together)
There was never any question in my mind, whoever starts the account, does the programming/hosting and crunches the numbers, gets the wallet. That is always how it has been. BUT Before anyone "takes their ball and goes Home" there is a solution for this. I do it, 
- No one gets Stax 100 unless it’s possible for anyone to achieve this status
1a. Stax stops self-voting
1b. Whatever curator is doing for ssg he gets a tier like the rest of us
1c. Phelimint returns to gold membership — if that’s the highest — but gets it for free out of respect for your work.
Like I said on the "Why Wait" post, the Steemit Voting Power Model only tolerates Eleven 100% up-votes daily, so in reality, it should only be Phil or no one.
As for A, B, and C, not all 3 are necessary. We could eliminate one of these and likely make up the difference we need, and keep it there. If I had all the numbers available, I could give specifics. But IMO, we should prolly eliminate one, change one and keep one. Minimum. STAX Self-Voting is the same as the Vote Trading with Qurator. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about that account: https://steemworld.org/@qurator Qurator has a slightly larger vote than Stax, so other than burning up VP that the members won't get, the Vote Trade was a big WIN. What Phil did for our community Bot there would be like Trump switching the USA's $800 Billion Trade Deficit directly into an $800 Billion Trade SURPLUS lol
We definitely need some Tweaks, I'd love to see the Gold Votes back up to 40% if possible, but as we gain new members, EVERYONE gets a smaller %, that is just how it must be! But if all the new members DELEGATE, and all the non-Deli old members Delegate too, we can have a bigger PIE to slice up! But if Steem were to jump back to $5 tomorrow, no one would really be thinking of any of this nearly as seriously as we are now. This is not a PROBLEM, this is an OPPORTUNITY to get our course set for the Good Times Ahead!