defile the purpose of what the reward-pool should be used for
But what should it be used for? I think in our case, we're quickly finding out what it should NOT be used for instead. So I think that may be a fair solution that you've proposed - thanks for voicing this @fyrstikken . Although I'm not sure why it's still going on. It doesn't interest me that much, but I thought it stayed because the top influencers might be thinking it's a good thing to do? I'm not entirely sure what's happening.
It seems to me that with the removing of long term incentives to keep the platform healthy for the entire community we are now going through a transitional period where some large stake holders are looking for short term gains. The long term success is no longer in their interest. Things will change as they power down and we have a fresh community of curators who want to be curators to be curators, not to make a lot of money.