I think cryptokannon has some good thoughts here.

In the old days there was a lot of petty feelings around those who were working to improve Steem getting rewarded for that effort. People thought the only reason for voting is content.

I totally disagree with that mentality. Steem is an inflationary token and the inflation should be allocated to those who are working on steem as well as content creators. So, I like the idea of rewarding those who are doing the work!

Another thought I had is to use the proposal system to reward those who are doing a specific and consistent job. Believe me if the person becomes an issue you will hear about it!

Thanks for the efforts to rebuild the community and thank you to all of those putting in the time and effort to do valuable jobs.