As far as I can tell, most seem to now agree with the removal of the rewards pool so it's just a talk for now.
Give more back to the content creators (views , engagement models etc,)
Some people suggested this, rewarding users based on their activities. It will be interesting to see how it goes. I read that 3Speak is working on the Breakaway communities thing where every activity (reblog, comment, upvote etc) earns points and might be the basis of how users are rewarded. I might have misunderstood it though so let's see when it comes live.