@ned I'm really looking forward seeing this in action, I had the feeling we needed something less capital and more human in order to recognize the non investor user base voices.

This sounds like a great way of doing it.

Whether it gets market value or not, I'm sure that a trending driven by it would be a nice incentive for recognition of the really good authors we have around.

I am glad to see someone with an actual saying and power to drive change showing understanding that each type of user has a different problem set and need to address them all in to solutions that are in the best interest of the platform.

I have like this classification of user types:

• The minnow blogger telling us about his kids

• The blogger that has the potential to become an influencer

• The guys trying to do curation with small investment / coalitions of small stakes

• The small investor exploring the possibilities of the platform

• The persons or groups working in to creating and developing solutions and new models / opportunities for the platform

• The investors believing in the platform

• The investors looking to maximize ROI

Each has a mindset, different needs and a different approach, but i would say them all are required for the growth and escalability we need the STEEM blockchain to achieve, and their role is important in the ecosystem.