Well said!

I do think that downvotes can be used to change peoples behaviour, which is a good thing... But I also think that people should avoid the "bandwagon"-thing. I think it's equally important to downvote certain type of behaviour as it is to not reward someone.

Like you said, we shouldn't reward people just because they are famous outside of Steem. I don't see anything wrong with rewarding these people early on though, just to make them comfortable and to ensure that they will stay on Steem... But I think it's a very stupid idea to continue to reward them just for content. We need them to engage and promote Steem in case they want to keep the rewards.