RE: As we continue this ‘experiment’ known as the “Proof of Brain” tribe, it is now abundantly clear that ‘Proof of Stake’ governance is not the way

I envision a good start. I've seen this before. Happy people going around knocking on doors, saying how great it is. Anyone who's planning to milk the easy money out of the tribe will make damn sure the tribe puts itself in a good position first because why should they do the work. Then a mass extraction event will occur, and won't stop. At that point you'll be debating whether or not things like self votes should be a thing, only to discover there's no way to prevent it plus the vocal are yelling about "freedom". It becomes contagious. Suddenly everyone is voting mainly for their own posts and comments with nothing left to give to others. The foolish will come in with the hopes of extracting 'free money' once they see how easy it is, pumping the token value slightly, until the breaking point where extraction becomes overwhelming. Most extractors at the start should come out of there with at least some profit. It's a sitting duck, basically. And you can't mute everyone. Even with the token value touching the floor, there's still potential in profiting from extraction, provided enough believers hold on to 'hope'. It's a numbers game and since it's a tribe, those numbers are small by default. The only 'investor' wanting in will do so in order to extract. Those incoming funds will confuse believers, because number go up, and who cares about quality content if number go up. Any long term 'bagholders' with experience in crypto will know to avoid that thing like the plague. It's only sustainable for extraction purposes but not forever. The social and media elements become a front.

These reward pools aren't like tip or charity jars sitting on the counter at a restaurant or store. Those sit out in obvious places flashing money as an advertisement, so others put money inside, not take. Most bolt those things to the counter now, for a reason. Start flashing money in crypto and it's gone before the flash, especially if there's no security device. Word of a free lunch travels fast in crypto.

A reward pool is a reward pool no matter what layer it's on. People have known how to rip apart reward pools for extraction purposes since forever.

You're free to experiment, of course. Just like the people are free to expose the flaws in the experiment, and they will.