Hmm. Good point. Amusingly enough, @berniesanders and his bot army his this post with all their might because... because that's the only way he knows how to communicate, I guess?
You're right. There's no point encouraging investment in STEEM as long as a significant percentage of the coin and power is in the hands of bully assholes who may or may not be managing their accounts from a closed asylum ward.
:sigh:
Investment is okay, but direct in to the persons wallet the investor wants to invest in. Then it will not matter how much the payout is adjusted, the author would still get the reward that an investor felt they should have.
That... that might work! Like @tipu with fiat to sbd conversion built-in. But there would have to be a moderation effort to prevent abuse. Like, only verified accounts of a certain age can accept these and the tip rewards are limited at a reasonable daily sum proportionate to platform reputation. Otherwise... I can see a lot of bad stuff done with such a system.