Splitting up stake how?
If 50% of the stake is liquid, 25% is short term staked and 25% is long term staked. That's less stake then voting for governance.
Well, they aren't really investors themselves, are they? So I'll take that opinion with a grain of salt. Also, there are far more than a few thousand investors.
I agree with them. I don't want Hive to be a "object of speculation" but instead a useful token. That's the only way you establish a stable price on the long term on a token.
This way, it doesn't matter what the market sentiment is, the price stays pretty stable (compare it to FIAT). If it is a speculation object people will pump and dump and that is bad for developers.
What we want is a stable price that is dictated by the utility of the token. (For me mainly by the amount of RC). Thus, if there are 100k users here using apps, all of them will need RC to use the apps and the apps will make sure their users will be able to do so. That creates continuous demand and a stable price.