<p>There's only one thing that could make me refuse powering up on steemit and that's the price of steem. If I have a significant amount of steem, let's say about 50000 steem, and the price of steem is at 10dollars, I would gladly sell everything and enjoy myself a bit.</p><p>Then when the price of steem goes down just like it always does, I'll swoop in and buy as much steem as I had before for a fraction of the price I'd sold it. That's one thing that could makee refuse powering up on steemit.</p><p>Another thing that could make me refuse powering up on steemit is if I have a pressing and urgent need for money and the value of steem is low so even if I power up, my upvote might not be much. I'd gladly turn down powering up and use the steem for other things.</p>