I've read your comment a few times now, and as much as I don't want to, I have to say that it's probably the most rational approach to the issues at hand.
@haejin's rewards alone don't substantively impact we minnows, and that's my only interest in the matter. Theoretically the flags back and forth between whales help minnows, although practically speaking they don't matter at all.
A means of getting whales to work together to spread the love to minnows and new users would definitely matter more, even if they only reduce their rapine by 5% as a class, it'd eliminate the conflict (which poorly reflects on the platform, IMHO) and more productively benefit minnows than any other initiative I am aware of.
Some off-chain crypto website isn't particularly enticing as a mechanism, but making moderate delegations to quality creators would impact the community much, while also keeping title to the ducats in the hands of the whales so they would realize capital gains that result when Steem appreciates.
I could get behind something like that without reservation.
Thanks!