That's the only way that can work. Vote should be like a donation. Nothing more.
Tags on hives are trash and the content is very disconnected. Recommended content doesn't work.
All that is necessary for a working user experience ( and working add revenue).
I remember all the people " wow hive is so innovative because of the rewarding system, it can replace add revenue".
back to the roots :D
With the difference, it could work on web3 in a less or even not destructive way.
IMO to train the AI, it would be easier to scrape a lot of content that is already categorized and then look at what ai is doing on hive after.