Very well presented post and I hope that the intended target audience are taking note, and that includes your comment section too. I’ve recently highlighted 2 authors who have been deemed to be unworthy of rewards, one of which has now left Hive. I imaging these authors potentially bring more traffic to hive than I ever could. I enjoy writing and make plenty of effort when creating content but it’s never bothered me to see someone get rewarded for a few lines of text and a picture. Plenty of enjoyment can be found with posts like those, and aren’t we supposed to be creating an enjoyable platform? It’s time the old guard submitted to the idea that not all quick posts are shit posts and not everyone who creates this shorthand content is necessarily farming rewards. More often than not I’d say these creators are replicating what they do on other more successful platforms and bringing that to Hive. It’s a shame to see these accounts earn rewards, begin to establish themselves, and then get noticed by an disapproving whale.