You left out a fourth “stereotype” persona — the self-proclaimed defenders of the rewards pool, who will DV any and all content they view as “over-rewarded”.

I respect those guys (most of them, anyways) because they truly believe their efforts are fair and just and “in defense of the rewards pool”. After all, why should a post get 10x the rewards of a “normal” post just because some dude has developed a loyal following? Or, worse yet, what if that post is getting over-rewarded because it’s spreading anti-vax misinformation and there’s a group of crazy anti-vaxxers out there itching to over-reward such nonsense?

Nuke ’em! NUKE ‘EM TO ZERO!

The above mentality drives people away from the ecosystem, good people as well as “bad” people.

@anomadsoul, I agree with your overall sentiment, that there aren’t many incentives for individuals to go out of their way to promote Hive.

I have long thought that having some whales periodically and intentionally OVER-REWARD a handful of posts, and then share those on Web2, could generate some significant new interest.

However, I don’t think that would be a good idea until after we reform the DV process, because as it stands now a single whale can unilaterally nuke an accountholder without recourse. And, getting a high-profile Web2 influencer onboard only to see their posts get nuked to zero would make Twitter’s shadowban fiasco look like child’s play, imho.