Broken Pool:

Perhaps, the pool system is flawed a bit.

Steem vs Bitcoin

The mechanism for how Steem is like mined as a cryptocurrency is a bit different than how Bitcoin is mined. Perhaps, some people might argue for and against the pros and cons between Steem and Bitcoin. I guess, I am still undecided which I would prefer.

Donation Button

But regardless, I would prefer an added donation button on posts where people can simply wire money to the post author independently of whatever the pool is doing.

Dislike

I would add a like a button, a dislike button, keep the upvote button, and have no downvote button, no flags. I like the ability to dislike. I don't like hiding, even if you can still see it on Busy or by clicking on unhide.

Responsibility

And on top of that, keep in mind that people should be held responsible for who they vote for. But I don't mean that they should be punished. What I mean is that you are right that repeated intro posts can trick people into upvoting those posts.

They Voted

However, at the same time, those people still voted. They still upvoted. That is what they did. It is within their freewill to make these choices, to vote or not to vote, good or bad. Yes, it might be bad if people are allegedly spamming. But at the same time, nobody forced the people to upvote them. So, to some extent, if people upvote spam, you could blame the creators of the spam.

Both Sides

You can also blame the upvoters. You can blame both sides, perhaps.