I personally had almost 500k impressions on twitter during the takeover. I contacted directly a few big crypto youtubers ("contacts") that picked up my tweets and story. My tweets were shared and i was quoted in a few articles myself.
How much is that worth? How about the 100 others that did the same thing? How about all the witnesses, community members that spread the word? That sat on the PC sending out emails, tweeting and responding to questions, countering lies and deceit.

How much is that worth?

If you feel you have done something that should be funded by the DHF then make a proposal and seek voter support. That is pretty much the point of the DHF. There will be different types of proposal, different types of users, and different funding amounts depending on many different circumstances for each situation.

I think the reward pool is a much larger concern about "wasted funds" but I agree and understand why you feel the DHF may be wasted funds.

If you think you should be funded for something it's simple, make a proposal and seek the support.

@justineh work with exchanges directly (and I was personally present in most the chats to witness and help), saved Hive money and valuable time while the Hive buzz was still in the media. I am glad you reached out to media and did work to promote Hive with 100k impressions ... gather some proof of work of what you have done, value your time, create a proposal, and seek support.

The system is there to be used and improved upon. Maybe you could contract a dev for less than other proposals and manage them. You could even make a percentage of the funding yourself.