my thesis: tipping and social engagement tokens would reward creators. 

the reality: tipping and social engagement tokens are consistently and ruthlessly gamed by noise generating farmers who don’t give a fuck about the creator economy. 

and their bullshit drowns out the creators.

You can put this point more strongly: The people with the most valuable posts are people who aren't particularly interested in being read. The best posters people are who are cursed with Thoughts.

Any form of incentivization for content production makes your feed worse.