Hi Hive account@shello, I appreciate your candid reply. The dilemma you present about the reward pool is certainly a problem that needs to be addressed. Unfortunately, I must disagree that flagging is an appropriate remedy and alternatively suggest that Steemit's protocol should be updated to facilitate more equitable distribution from the reward pool. Moreover, users ought to be free in publishing whatever content they please, without fear of reprisal, so long as that content is legal and doesn't violate Steemit's TOS.

Having personally benefited from Haejin's blog, I definitely hold a bias in his favor. Nevertheless, I'm willing to dialogue in hopes that this antagonism might reach an amiable solution. If the discord principally stems from concerns about reward pool payouts, that is where we must jointly focus our attention. There appear to be a few plausible solutions, whether or not the political/economic willpower is there, I know not. These possible solutions to the reward pool dilemma are as follows:

I) Reduction in the weight of votes for larger more dominant accounts such as @Haejin Hive account@kingscrown Hive account@adsactly

II) Category partitioning, tieration, or division in possible rewards. Certain categories such "cryptocurrency" or "fun" have a maximum share of the reward pool, arbitrary number say 10%.

III) Voluntarily agreed to limitations on a per post basis. Users can agree to have a maximum reward potential on a particular topic such as $1.00 for a "fluffy bunnies .gif", or say $100.00 on a "technical analysis" like those by Haejin.

IV) Consensus rewards. Rewards are distributed on a scale of Levels 1 through 5, these levels are voted on by community members and are democratic in nature, thus no whale account can swing the ballot.

These are but a few of many potential solutions to the issue here.

Please bear in mind people, that this is also about something far greater than Steemit rewards, this is about the overall vitality of cryptographic technology. We are being hammered from every angle by governments, hackers, and scams, the last thing we need is more internal division. Let's work this out with maturity and decency so we can prove to the world that this technology is not only viable, it is progress embodied.

Looking forward to hearing your ideas and comments Hive account@shello, as well as anyone else who reads this post.

Sincerely,
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