This could actually work and would be a nice addition to the author reward pool without increasing Hive inflation.

I just think people would be more incentivized to join, as creators wouldn't be so dependent on being liked/spotted by whales - I mean, whales are giving the votes to the same content creators over and over again.

*The only problem with this idea, apart from the technical implementation side which both of us thankfully don't know jack shit about, is that every single motherfucking hustler on this platform will try to game this.

HAHAHAHA.

I don't think so... Like, one would have to create at least 1000 acc, and the profits earned for doing that wouldn't be sufficient. - so it's not economically viable for anyone to do that.
If you're referring to Hive users, we can set a limit of 100 HP needed to participate or something in those lines.

*Even worse, click farms are real and there are actually real people clicking on a bunch of smartphones all day long for a paycheck

We don't care actually, the same as youtube doesn't care. It's easy to see who's farming views and who has the real engagement.