Ah, I see. I incorrectly thought you were addressing power redistribution instead of just distribution. I get that now.
Since I already typed this out, I'll just include it, but I see what you mean now that it's a separate discussion:
When discussing redistribution, it can only happen in three ways, as far as I understand:
- Curation effort rewards (which you mention in your post)
- Content creation rewards
- Direct financial transactions
When analyzing the overall distribution, I think it's important to clarify which aspects are impacting it the most. If we create the picture, for example, that curation and content rewards are the primary driver of redistribution, and later we find out powering up and down (again, I don't know if that's the case, just giving an example) is far more significant, then I feel that's an important aspect of the redistribution discussion. Incomplete information could lead to incorrect expectations and, ultimately, frustration.
I hope someone can track that activity overall so we can have a better picture of how the money moves around over time given the various inputs to redistribution.
Thanks again for your answers and this great post!