RE: Rethinking Hive author rewards: How can we improve the distribution of rewards?

The fact that Venezuela and Ghana are Hive's two biggest stories is a fact. What was done there by European colonists is big set of facts. The mythos of Krampus, and the control that myth is designed to put into children is also a fact -- and the analog to how European colonizers treated more than a third of the world is also a fact. Also a fact: the creator of the Krampus Coefficient is the type of person who has animations of murder against people who makes comments he doesn't like among his own comments... with the murderer smiling when the victim is dead. Sounds like Krampus and colonial behavior to me ... but go write "nice post" on one of his posts and find out sometimes... go look up Plonkety Piano that he backed up and how it behaved, and come back and tell me what you think.

I don't care what ethnicity anybody is, but I know the historical origins of certain evils. If you adopt those to try to get people to do what you want, there is a good chance you don't have a problem abusing people to get what you want. If you play with devilry, I'm likely to suspect you of devilish behavior, and I have seen enough. I say again: have a look at Plonkety Piano and what it was doing and THINK about what the ramifications there would have been and how Hive's reputation would have been attached to that with its LAST 138K active users according to Hive's five-year stats. Think to yourself: why did far bigger accounts than mine choose to STUFF THAT THING?