I think your solutions are reasonable and I appreciate you using your voice and platform to call out the other "big guys" who are abusing the rewards pool. I can imagine as someone who worked in some way to get where they are today, it must be tempting to self vote (even meaningless comments), but just think of all of us little gals who are hustling great content each day, sometimes which doesn't get seen for the value it really adds to the platform.
It's my hope that whales will have compassion and open their hearts. I don't believe it's too much to ask.
Thanks @aggroed. I also think it's fine to upvote your own post (probably up to 2 per day) if they are high quality content, and especially, as you state, you're donating some of it and/or delegating the SP gained. To me, that makes abundant sense! XO @mountainjewel