Well said @jackmiller! @berniesanders has the power to do real good with his rewards. I’m not talking about anything he earns by the way, just the posts he intends to burn. I see so many posts about supporting minnows and growing the community and most of the time, those posts are from minnows or dolphins. I could see those rewards being put to good use in the form of delegated steem power. Re-invest that money into this platforms people and let them take steemit even further.

Like you said, there are so many people out there creating quality content that gets overlooked. I have seen so many posts that I would consider to be front page worthy that have two upvotes and three views. Let’s be the voice of change and celebrate good work rather than reputation level.

I think we also need to be concious of the image we put forward when someone loads Steemit for the first time. Do we really want a newcomers first impression of Steemit to be that you are rewarded for posting a picture of a cartoon man giving the finger that is directed at another user?

I get the point of the post however maybe there are better ways of going about sending that message. If there is I am not sure of the answer I’m just throwing it out there

Anyway, great read. Thanks!