I voted for all of them because I was most afraid of Lauren or Elaine being a shock vote! I was convinced Hilaria might go!

And then the next four I'll also be rooting for, just less heavily. #DWTS

That's why I specified that it lessens it, not gets rid of it completely.

It hurts the game because it sets a precedent that voting is now not the only way a houseguest can leave the game permanently, especially at the jury stage. They're changing the core of what Big Brother is by adding a competition elimination to it, which lessens the social strategy side of the game.