And I am totally blind, the category is there! Sorry about that - This will teach me to have a coffee before doing anything else in future. I shall edit the above slightly seeing as you have skimmed over my mistake, thanks!

I haven't checked in to see where the bugs are coming from - I wonder if the more frequent updates to steemit.com are causing this rise.

With regards to the potential HF21 changes, I think little will be done prior as far as utopian-io voting and it will be a case of reacting to the new rules of the system.

The community is pretty split on these changes being applied at once, and I read plenty of text who are 'unsure' how free downvotes will be used. I like your idea on removing the timing for curation rewards and think this would give larger accounts more reason to spend time seeking the stuff they want to see raised up the pile - A pile that with the reward curve and a couple of 'free' downvotes could potentially be sorted better as far as trending is concerned.

Cheers!