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you are kinda both right, but for inflation to be distributed by votes, someone has to stake that hive/leo. more people staking, more people get it, because i don't expect Khal to vote on every thread ever written.

Right, but you don't need to buy it to earn it to be staked. You just need buyers to increase its usd/fiat value. Either way, when shit blogs earn $150+, $4 for a quality original thread shouldn't be a big deal.