There may be issues with visibility, however. I don't think there's a perfect solution but Hive has provided a wonderful start.
Many posts are being overlooked/ignored. Good thing that there is a post promotion feature. But it is often hard to get real readers. Even with that.
If your upvote value is low, then it is easy to know who really cares about your content and/or about your personality/life. People will come for these things.
But if your upvote is highly valuable, then many people will come to your posts. Not necessarily for your content. Nor for your personality/life. Simply for your attention. Many people try to get the attention of the whales by regularly commenting under their posts. Many people hope to get upvotes from the whales. This is why they are trying to get their attention. So they write comments. Even if they do not care about the content or about the personality/life of the author. This why it is harder to know the real audience in this case.
You make excellent points here - and I can tell it's coming from the perspective of someone who's been here for a while. 😊
That does seem unbalanced in a sense. However, I can appreciate that Hive's mechanisms allow everyone the opportunity to have a large impact with enough time and effort. The tools and knowledge are out there!