Averting a problem is always best but I guess staking that much rather than just dumping it immediately on the market is maybe the second best possibility. Assuming quality content is curated. Whether or not those rewards should also be returned is an ethics question I'll leave to philosophers.
I've already created MEME token and when the pandemic ends and I can get a job I'll invest some of my money into fully setting up a tribe for memes. Your experience is a learning lesson for me so I can avoid that same situation.