cont'd
With the zeroing out of votes with values less than .02, small stakeholders can no longer support each other in the WORK IN growth option.  The WORK IN option has been rendered obsolete by HF20.  Small accounts will realize no rewards collected from the votes of their peers from now on.

The only work in option for small accounts now is to solicit and secure the attention of dolphins and whales, who will influence what is authored, through their decisions to financially support (or not support) content.  This is not new.  However, removing the option to work in, forces small users to either acquiesce to the whims and wishes of larger account holders or accept that their SP level will remain relatively static, BECAUSE THE VOTES OF THEIR PEERS ARE WORTHLESS NOW.  A real-world comparison would be how university medical research projects, funded by pharmaceutical companies, tend to be biased in favor of financial donors.  

There are several minnow support projects and these will be the saving grace of any new and small users, who are willing to continue using Steemit.  However, it seems that some are already seeing their delegations pulled.  A case in point is represented by fitinfun in their statement about ned pulling delegations from surpassinggoogle.  Apparently, helping "minnows 24/7" is no longer an objective on the Steemit platform.  In one of my own comments on this post, I reference the statement and provide a link to the original source.

If you are an investor, I suggest you heed the warning and start digging into issues evidencing Steemit Inc's about-face as such relates to expanding, developing, enhancing, supporting this platform and your stakes in it.  Where's your leadership?  Turn your attention toward the TOP now that the BOTTOM has been rendered impotent.