You wouldn't have to "grow" your stake, if you weren't losing value every 3 seconds due to the massive inflation rate (to fund the rewards pool)
The allure of a place like Hive is that a lot of different types of content can be rewarded.
That's not how the whales feel. They are actively zero-ing out users, and if anyone speaks out, they bash on those people for "being only about rewards"
I don't see the point in ruining something completely like that because a few people are upset.
The only thing that would be ruined is the power of a couple people to decide the visibility and rewards of everyone else.