Not sure I fully agree, but it is definitely moving the arrow in the right direction. Good points and definitely worth implementing some of these. I know PeakD has a referral link and auto adds the referrer as a beneficiary until you remove them.
I agree with @acidyo and don't like the "forced" option.
Maybe a one-time referral reward from the pool? Allow the front end referrer uses to set their own bounty? Not sure. Just throwing 4am thoughts against the wall.
I didn't know peakd automatically forced the referrer as a beneficiary. What percentage do they put it in for? I personally like the forced option... I'd just want it to have a sunset period or a phasing out. If I had a referrer, I'd totally have been OK letting them reap some benefit temporarily for introducing me to something as awesome as Hive is and has been...I found it when I was looking to get back into steemit.
I am pretty sure it is forced, but then again it has been a while since I used it so I may be wrong. Maybe @jarvie can tell us. Always better to get from the horse's mouth.
Could be that a limit of a month or two, not sure. Interesting concept though.