You guys are acting like I am trying to steer people away from this pool when I am doing the opposite. I am merely making suggestions. The same people that complain that this pool may become too small to maintain relevance dont want to hear varying opinions from their own. I dont fail to see anything, long term miners, that dont intend to ramp down ever, dont have any benefit to this long ramp up time as it is 25% of your btc earned in the first month lost. If you want to gain new miners you have to try new things to maintain relevance. Speaking from experience.
The more hash that joins, the less the ramp up time is. Pretty obvious what the scenario for you is here.
And the hash rate hasnt gone up. So no benefit.