With all due respect to you both, I feel like stepping in between two whales is a great way to get crushed.
My best post on here only made $20, the last thing I need is to be turned into a -6 rep zombie.
I've said it before here that if you want to make steemit more equitable, cap the whales rewards and distribute it downwards.
At a certain point, a whale has to realise that he really doesn't need a lot more cash. At current market prices, I don't think any of you guys have to work again.
However, it seems a bit silly for me to tell someone else what to do with their website and their concept.
My only appeal is to the concept that a more equitable reward system is an investment in the longevity of STEEM and steemit.com, not killing the Golden Goose so to speak.
The problem with any of these discussions however, is that it is extremely hard to remain unbiased when your own livelihood is at stake.
I am loath to recommend or do anything that would lower my payouts, to whales, especially devs to spend time and money changing the system to lower their own payouts is a little unrealistic.
However, given that this is an open-source project, is it not unreasonable to expect that a more democratic clone/alternative is being developed as we speak?
That's my input. Please don't kill the messenger.