Removing the reward pool is pretty much the only solution I see that could work. Everything wrong with this platform pretty much comes down to the reward pool and people trying to get their hands on it. Having a system that rewards people purely on their investment (proof of stake) while blog post-earnings come from both pure donations from actual readers and an advertisement share of actual revenue a post brings.

Right now, Splinterlands is still the only thing that gets the reward part it somewhat right.