But if it is not the author's fault, that is not where the force needs to be applied. Hive has great developers -- I say again, can someone on Hive.blog or PeakD jigger with the Trending algos, perhaps, so that big upvoted posts from certain known trails don't dominate?
Fidgeting with the trending list doesn't change "shitposts" getting too much rewards. The idea is to punish the blind/auto voters only without the drama of authors feeling like you took something from them if you give them a comment vote instead.
The only person behaving in a dramatic way, throwing accusations of overly emotional behavior around, is you, Acidyo.
Now you have added a detail: if you ASK for a comment, it indeed will be there, but you did not say that at first.
As for punishing people who are auto-voting ... basically, is what you are getting at is messing up their money by shifting the money to the comment? This would mean that you and "fren" have got to ask and explain on every post ... complicates your workload.