RE: How can Steem be extended to attract top contributors? Maybe we need to reverse time: first accumulate the rewards and only then offer them to original authors.

[timcliff]

It's a cool idea. In theory it could be done by trusted individuals in the community, without the need for smart contracts.

One other thing to keep in mind though is that there could still be copyright concerns with using the author's content that way, even if it has good intent.

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[innuendo]

Regarding copyright, I guess we would be in a similar situation as Reddit. The point is to discover & share valuable content, not to make profit on it.