I am glad that finally, we are talking about it. Not just in Hive, on the whole, crypto has never been marketed as a governance token. Lack of education on crypto, disinformation or stressing too much on making 4x, 5x, etc. have somehow obliterated crypto as a governance token.

The political and economic order in crypto will also become asymmetric, and the governence will reduce to the circulation of elites/capitalists. But that will happen not because of any concerted effort by the bourgeoise, rather because of ignorance of the proletariat.

Although it will be unjust to impose sanctions on those sections that do not partake in governance, introducing an extrinsic motivation in the form of certain rewards, as highlighted by you is always a welcoming step. I hope the witnesses will take this into account when they will deliberate on this dimension.

Furthermore, the governance should be guided by the active community, just having a dormant account does not add much value to the dynamics of a decentralized social media. Social media, by definition, commands socializing, making a robust engagement, and building a strong social network. Therefore an active community should be given more weightage when we talk about political decentralization. In social media, it is the proletariat(the working class, those who regularly engage) produces value on a daily basis.