I applaud the quality changes whole-heartedly.
The greedy part of me is a little disappointed to hear about the increase in fee, but I understand the necessity. The fees have been quite low and this is really not a large jump. I'm happy with the current fees compared to other Bitcoin services I've used, and I'm glad that there is no tiered structure which favors the arbitrage investors over those who hold.
I hear you. We have slightly tweaked the plan. Cross-post from the litecoin forums:
I've seen some IPO listed in the forums recently (and not on BTC) which really don't seem very sound. I'm glad that there's a more defined process and stricter requirements for those looking to list on the exchange. I'd considered buying up shares on LTC-GLOBAL so I could begin voting.. I settled for some shares on the PT, though it counts a bit less.
Totally unintentional, but people that received their LTC-GLOBAL dividends yesterday received them converted at ~0.01077. Now the btc-e rate is at 0.0176. In other words, if you wanted BTC, move quickly and you get another 50%+ on your profits.
Hopefully the BTC-TRADING-PT operator takes advantage of this as well.