exactly that is my point. by trying to get short term rewards you are keeping the chain from moving forward.
So we need to look at that SPL post that got 29.18 in rewards.
If a whale based voting trail voted on it and people saw that and said "if I vote on it also, I can get more rewards"
If this happens the whale accounts get more by everyone voting on it.
This is how they stay on top and try to censor others.
I get the point. That SPL post amount comes from SPL-based trails and from leo.voter. Creating these kind of post can be a good thing to keep the flywheel in motion. One could use the earned HBD to buy LEO, stake and curate on Inleo. If it's 50/50, the HIVE part would also help Inleo users to earn. All in all we need more voting activity on Inleo to keep things in motion.