Excellent points. Unfortunately, I don't think the post earnings even can be hidden, they're all public in the blockchain by design.
What warms my soul is your keen appreciation of the noble "Who Gives A Shit???" principle.
I had some ideas about the same thing almost at the same time, access here: https://steemit.com/steemit/@cogliostro/we-learning-any-lessons-yet-steemit-your-gullible-feelings-will-be-ruthlessly-manipulated-here-in-order-to-extract-upvotes-from
Yeah but maybe the information could be less broadcasted. It could be there for those who want to investigate but otherwise obscured within the framework of the front page? Like maybe it's listed within the blog post once you click but not on the front page.
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