There are ways to discover content that don't revolve around how much a post is being rewarded. I guess no matter how much I talk about these things I'm the one who's going to end up doing the work.

You didn't address the issue at all. Doubling the power of whales is a good idea? No. At least as it stands now a whale has to pay a little money to smack someone off the trending page. You're basically saying, "Hey let's let them do that for free." Amazing plan.