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Uptips is a form of capital in general. Social capital does have an impact. I think monerowalling quality posts after establishing quality inputs in free posts and comments fixes this incentive even in this early stage. Also, the proposed fix does cap uptips compared to their current position. 1.5x is not a massive amount, it's an encouraging amount for someone that sustains tx fees and tx delays to do so. I create on here, but I also tip a lot on here and the reimbursement plus a little extra is a great incentive.
Taking notes, we will consider this in due time.
But also, as stasher pointed out, as the trust graph widens, the rewards won't be so concentrated on one curator as it has been. It will become fairer. We'll keep gathering data.
But the volume of users is not here to justify this reward yet. The top post of the week maybe makes around $5 from upvotes while the top curator receives +$100
This also creates a positive feedback loop where the top curator can spend a portion of their reward, let's say $20, tipping indiscriminately and can expect a 5x on their investment if they get back on the reward list for the next week.
Content creation is more time / resource intensive than curation and if people get more rewards for the latter this will impact posting culture.