I'm not concerned about payouts. The content I'm suggesting be removed and sorted into a separate section still deserves rewards.
It would be even more annoying if the top twenty slots and any other declined payout content was bumping down what's currently popular and making it harder to find.
I already watched people on Steem buy votes, decline rewards, and position junk nobody cares about above things currently receiving organically high ratings. That's no different than downvoting everyone else just to be seen and if many did it, more shit rises to the top again.
As an artist I think it would be absurd to decline rewards just to get noticed. That number one hit song on the billboard is also making a lot of money, if you know what I mean.
Content creators aren't here to earn 'likes'. Sorry man, looks like I'm rambling!
Lol .... I'm not about declining payouts ... just maybe for official updates .... further the set maximum payout can also can be explored so some of the semi official dev post dont end on trending .... for example if blocktrades set max 15$ reward it wont show up on trending at all ... I think :)
And here I'm saying this content can be tagged somehow, which sends it to an official news and development tab, where they can still earn, but probably wouldn't need $150 at current rates just to hit number one. So we're saving a bit from the reward pool, plus people know exactly where to go to get this information, and the majority has an actual stage to perform on to make the place look good and appealing, plus the content creators aren't feeling like second class citizens for actually using and enjoying the things these developers make...
Fuck limits... LOL! Maybe if the value of the token skyrockets I'll consider limits but I don't even like a sign that tells me I can only 100 kph when I'm in a goddamn hurry ;)