This all sounds good but misses a crucial point: Steemit already has encoded rules that encourage certain behaviors. It is not a rule-free-zone. The algorithms that calculate rewards are a rule set. The only freedoms are those within the current rule-set.

In my opinion the current rule-set is just far too simple - just look at economic modelling to see the other extreme. Changing or adding to the rule-set is an evolution of the platform to steer it towards its original aims. Those aims were just not encoded properly. We are heading towards an extreme of the system - as systems will do - so we can either let the system drift further towards this extreme or change course.