Oh man... I actually feel all fuzzy and proud right now!
Thanks for sharing this little anecdote about how you got to know all my fluffy friends here!
Requiring the staking of CAT to release the magic catnip scent would definitely be nice to create bigger incentives to hodl some cat appreciation for the longer term. 1000 ENG is a hefty fee to enable that on s-e and right now that's totally out of proportion.
Making a CAT-tribe with the whole proof-of-brain thingy, actually, I think it's a niche that has quite some potential! But, while tribes are all the craze right now, I'd rather hold my breath a little longer and see what the rollout of SMTs will eventually offer. Rumors have it a first version of the steem-native community features will be on the testnet by september.
If the fork doesn't hit us all too hard and @catnet gains some traction, I'll definitely look into that.