"To conclude, outsized rewards are completely justified because they benefit society as a whole and not because they represent the "earnings" of the discoverer/inventor/contributor. "
Fully agree, but this analysis is one sided,
what about we talk about how much outsized?
how about we observe who gets the rewards and observe also that certain types of post getting rewarded(say a typical girl) is not going to be conducive to incentivize other type of people to roll the dice?
you know as in the typical sentiment you can hear all around here, that whispers, and sometimes screams, "This is rigged, Im not gonna play a rigged game"
Do you see that too Sean?
Do you see how outsizedly rewarding certain types of posts is actually counter productive to incentivizing innovation in other types of posters?