1 time action; pull the full list of users and start filtering; active for at least 3 of the last 30 days, at least 5 posts, reputation I guess could be a qualifier, but none of the steem power or curation awards, as that's what's skewed now
it's shouldn't be too hard to come up with let's say 10.000 minnows that really deserve it, and rather for curating than posting, to then simply give 50 or maybe 100 steem to all those minnows
just so that good posts are at least a bit higher than where so many of them now, which is so low that soon nobody will ever find them again ... it's a waste
just my 2 cents :)