RE: What I had to say on MSP-Waves
I would hope maybe steemit inc could help with this by disabling notifications of transfers in the wallet so that features can be developed enabling users to put a price on their attention.
As for the whales policing the system the tools and incentives are there already. If you're invested in STEEM you don't need any added incentive to "police" the system. Any policing of the system is for the purpose of making the STEEM network more attractive to potential investors and users. A whale with 500'000 SP gains $5'000 every time the price of STEEM goes up by 1c.
I agree with most of your post, There are some assumptions made that were logical, Lowering price is a free market thing that's already in play. I personally do not like the terminology of Whales / Dolphin / Minnows, they are supposed to have roughtly the same goal to grow the platform. They have different skills to make a difference, so why not call them by their main role, Author, curator, promoters, advertisers.
I asked about that a while ago and had a good response from @sneak, https://steemit.com/steem/@transisto/steem-improvement-proposal-minimum-threshold-for-being-notified-of-transactions-memo-messaging
In the meanwhile I asked @armandocat to implement it and he did in his Moreinfo addon.
That is a good point on the terminology. I do feel like we give off a cultish vibe sometimes with the lingo we use. I do agree we have roughly the same goals. But I do think that some of these roles such as curators are not getting the incentives to treat the platform in a way that is in the interest of growing the platform. For instance, there are so many users who are not content creators by nature, but they come here and see that as a way to make money. Investing in steem power is not something we can expect all curators to do. But if they had the option to apply to become a curator, and get delegation from a whale who is convinced that their curation will bring value, then we can actually get a lot more eyes on the content here and hopefully that would encourage better content too.