Great comment, @eonwarped. I think one thing that people get mixed up on is the fact that investment gets you influence to decide on where the pie goes, but it does not entitle you to a piece of the pie. Others still have their say. The problem comes in when people attack others for simply exercising their say. Which, in my opinion, seems to happen a lot more in the case of whales.

Regarding my own efforts with opposing reward pool abuse, I have tried to be respectful as much as possible...certainly to a higher degree than the other side ever has, but I found that it was answered with downvotes instead. I'm ok with that, because I feel it is important to be able to voice your say in any way possible.