You have problem noticed by now (if you use PeakD) a new piece of data by a user's reputation score called KE. This is the Krampus Coefficient, a numeric metric created by 
You can see his definition here:
It is a very simple formula that just adds up the author and curation rewards and compares it to how much Hive Power you still have. The higher the number, the more Hive you have powered down and likely sold.
I was the one who suggested PeakD add this to user profiles despite not being a fan of it. Why? Because it is a metric, and an interesting one at that.
But I thought you don't like it Marky?
I don't, but I do like data, data is beautiful. The problem with KE, is that it is frequently used in a vacuum, and that's when it is no longer interesting. I am not a black & white type of person, I like to evaluate the data available to me, and make a decision based on that.
Everyone has their own life style, demands, situations, and needs. No one should be telling people what to do with their money once it is in their wallet (unless they stole it). There is no requirement to keep all your Hive forever if you want to post and participate here. I have no problems if someone sells their Hive, that is their right to do.
I do believe taking it in consideration is practical. If I see someone posting pictures of flowers in their backyard every day just to throw something on the chain to get votes and is immediately selling it all, I for sure will factor that into my opinion of someone.
If someone is doing their best to contribute to Hive and needs to sell some or even all their Hive, it is very unlikely KE would influence my opinion of them. This is why I hate the KE ratio, because most people who use it are only factoring that number in their decision to upvote or even downvote a user. Hive is decentralized, you are free to vote however you please with whatever criteria you want.
KE on it's own offers a very specific view on a users activity, but doesn't tell the whole story. I do like seeing KE when I view profiles, and I believe it should stay, but as suggested originally, I do believe it should be an optional toggle.
I see PeakD as a user interface for experienced and power users on Hive. I've mentioned it a few times in the past to the team about having an advanced mode and easy mode (targeted to new users). Being able to toggle features like this would be ideal. Hiding the KE under a ton of clicks would drastically reduce the value of the feature, and forcing it on everyone is less than ideal. The ability to turn it on or off would satisfy everyone, provided that's something PeakD wants to do.
We all know reputation on Hive is broken, our worst users are the top reputation on Hive. Unfortunately, it is all we have right now, and it is very difficult to replace. Almost all signals on Hive can easily be manipulated and financially motivated (votes, follows, comments, etc). There has been talks of alternative reputation systems, but it is difficult without good signals. Reputation is also very computationally complex and requires a lot of processing power.
Anyway, this is just my decentralized opinion, feel free to influence the reward pool how you feel it should be with the stake you have available to you.
Do not take life too seriously.
You will never get out of it alive.
