EIP was a different direction; it improved the symptoms but for Hive to be truly healthy & thriving, more drastic changes are needed. Even if individual reward-pools aren't the solution, I want to promote at least the idea that a global rewards-pool is not the way to go.
Also: no "great app with super easy sign-in and a great web page" that wants to attract millions of users wants to deal with monetary downvotes & the toxicity these bring. On the other hand, tipping is something that can be easily implemented and which is "neutral".
I like the idea of individual pools ... the next thing would be how to distribute it: