If that were true then bigger whales would already be shutting down the problems in the current system that the OP suggested and we wouldn't need the change in the first place.

Like I said people don't always act rationally. We don't necessarily understand their motivations. Sometimes people (even whales) may be afraid of aggravating other whales or retaliation - or they might just want to avoid the drama. That pressure may be even greater when we are dealing with people who have power/celebrity in the real world.

Substituting one form of abuse for potentially another is not fruitful and I suspect in your position it is something that you are all too aware of when you came up with the ideas for the economy behind Steem/Steemit.

I suggest that @trevor.george may have a better means of dealing with some of these issues. I still need to think about it more but have a look and see what you think.

Thanks,

Arif.