I just don't get it, while Steemit is appreciate originality and high quality content which lead to get the rewards that hopefully at least equal to the efforts. So, what is wrong with a lot of rewards? What they did to you is totally opposite to the Steemit vision and missions itself.
Because these investors are intent on garnering those rewards themselves. Seeing content creators achieving greater rewards than their manipulations of the rewards pool causes them to flag that content, so they can maximize their ROI.
You are correct, it is financial manipulation, and it is an existential threat to Steemit - as stated in the white paper.
Bullseye!!!