Brilliant post. I didn't realize how extreme the problem was. It's trickle down economics all over again and it only works as long as the whales are all good people. Luckily we have a few but I think we can do much better than this.

You offered a great solution that I hadn't thought of and then a potential problem that I wouldn't have thought of. If we could find a non-oppressive way to prevent the alt-account problem, increased incentive on curating minnow posts would be great.

I like the idea of bringing down the voting power of whales a notch and upping it for minnows which I heard is happening soon.

Maybe another solution would be to reduce the monetary incentive on curation and inviting a larger group of content creating whales. If the majority of whales were content creators they wouldn't be as in a hurry to curate for money because they would already be making money on their posts. There would still be some incentive to curate but not enough to vote and resteem crappy posts when the good ones would make you almost as much SBD. More programs like whaleshares could create new opportunities for those who are primarily curators to contribute to the community and be compensated.

What do you think?