That wording dismisses the real work people have put in

No. I literally say its praise worthy in the post. Scroll up.

Reducing human contribution to purchasing power goes against that core idea.

Ok. So if you had 5000 USD to spend to promote your services online. Who would you target? Would you target EU, US or would you target and spend 5000 USD promoting your services to Somalia.
A place where your per diem is what most dont make in a month.

Wouldnt that be an utterly insane expenditure of marketing funds that would net you essentially ZERO return on marketing investment.

If that would be insane, and it is, economically speaking for your business, how is it not utterly insane for Hive to do?

And we are doing that. Because its nice? We feel warm inside? Yeah, no thanks.

Hive’s strength lies in its diversity,

Thats like saying Hive strength lies in a overall sunny disposition of its users.

Hive’s strength lies in its passion.
Hive’s strength lies in its inclusivity.
Hive’s strength lies in its purpose.
Hive’s strength lies in its belief.

Those are all equally vacuous statements.

Until Hive improves how it broadcasts and documents its funded projects

It will come from actually purpose based decision making on what Hive needs funded.