A well thought-out post @demotruk
I recently had a $100 post - my first in a fairly long time and after reading all that happened to Karen, I kept a side-eye on the reward value. It's not that I cannot accept a downvote that might have halved it but had I gotten a downvote I would want a better reason than the reward pool - which constantly fluctuates and, as far as I understand, resets every day. As for my post, I was very happy to see that it maintained its value but I believe the more important numbers are the vote to comment ratio and perhaps that was a large reason it kept its "value."

I understand the mentality behind the downvote but I believe it was a skewed viewpoint where the action may be appropriate IF everyone posted every day and IF only the same people reached the trending page every day - which is not the case.

Anyway - loss aversion is a very real thing and detrimental to the emotional health. I like the idea of seeing a final number instead of the fluctuations. If I really wanted to see the volatility, then perhaps someone could create an app to track trends for specific posts -- or simply check Steemd.