It's easy to read too much into the title
Fair enough.
Regarding the effects of HBD on the inflation rate: although in theory it can go either way the 4+ year history of steem/hive shows that it leans heavily on the negative side. The average annual inflation has been between 14% and 16% (not counting the period before the December 2016 hardfork which reduced it from 100% to 10%).
In my view any conversation about reducing the inflation (even if it is only a side note to the main topic) that does not address the major contributor to the deviation from what is programmatically supposed to happen kind of misses the point.
I am not trying to be hostile but you have to admit that the title is somewhat clickbaitty.
Yes, I'm sure that's true. Unfortunately, it's a natural consequence of the coin going down more often than going up.
Thinking about it, the tendency of HBD conversion to create inflation rather that reduce it is probably exacerbated by the other components of inflation in the system, which tend to drive the individual token price down. Even though holders themselves are compensated for that inflation via rewards paid out by it, this inflation still affects conversion rate of HBD.
It wasn't meant to be. I was just looking for a short title that accurately described the mechanism proposed. To indicate that removed curation reward would be burnt, rather than redistributed.