Dan, with all due respect but it seems you might be in denial of a whole other scenario ...

(I love steemit and you're a genius, but ...)

what if ... there's no black swan event, but you got so caught up with the mathematics and the monetary side of it all that you lost sight of the community and you're ignoring clear warning signs that somethings is wrong

People are complaining, and whether or not their complaints are valid is irrelevant, they're your costumers and they're not happy!

I'm talking about the way posts sort on the tag-pages, on top it looks great, which means the system as a whole is working ... but the top is still minuscule, while the middle is basically non-existing and there's a massacre going on at the bottom!

Forget about the numbers and listen to your FANS!!

here's my suggestion; take the full list of users, filter out those that got enough steem, those that are not active enough etc etc etc ... but don't be too strict, so you're left with a list of a few thousands minnows and give them each 100 steem power

whether or not that will mathematical work out doesn't matter; it's for the people, it's to get them enthusiastic again ...

what if ... your black swan event is unfolding right now, as you read this ...

The clients are always right, especially when they're are wrong!

Their mood, their perception, their emotions matter more than the facts!

Do something, whatever it is ... do something, do it public and do it NOW!