My whole point was that Steem inc should use their SP to reward people that add value to Steem inc (and indirectly the Steem blockchain) to cut costs and not upvote posts and curate content.

They can set bounties for tasks they need doing like Website design (example) so it doesn't cost them resources and time, just voting power/delegation and trust the community to help them out. It can even be outsourced to Utopian for instance. If done well, everyone on the blockchain benefits.