Okay, so big investors matter, but if there is no critical mass of users that Hive with whither away as there is little utility in it. The whales should be doing what they can to build the userbase rather than looking to maximise their income or supporting fellow whales who do not necessarily have the best content. They will be far better off if Hive has a million active users, many of who will invest in it. Those of us who don't desperately need a few dollars to pay the rent can play the long game.

People invest in things like medical companies that may take years to pay back, but could be lucrative. Those can help make society better too.

A big Hive stakeholder can do a lot of good even now.

Any changes ought to disincentivise auto-voting. If you have to vote within a few minutes to maximise income you will pick the easy targets and not bother if it's good or not.

Let's make Hive better for the many, not the few.