Note that I'm not challenging your downvote. Like I said before, it's your stake; use it as you will. My goal here is to understand your perspective, in case you've seen something I've missed, and to share mine in case of the reverse. :)

You keep citing your voting criteria as being whether the post brings value to the stakeholders. I've pointed out that the posts are valuable to some readers (and all readers are stakeholders, and more readers equates to demand for STEEM, which is directly beneficial to the stakeholders); that by posting the full content on Steem, it contributes to a world of media which isn't incentivized by ads or tracking, which is a primary design goal of Steem (meeting goals drives interest and speculation); and that by posting full content on Steem, it improves steemit.com's SEO ranking, which means all steemit.com links rank higher in search results, and more users are sent to the site.

That is three independent, direct value-adds directly to the stakeholders.

> As for SEO and such, I don't particularly care. That is his benefit or problem and doesn't particularly (if at all) bear any relevance to whether paying these rewards adds value to Steem stakeholders.

I just explained to you exactly why it bears direct relevance and adds value to the stakeholders. You may not care, but if that's the case, don't claim to be acting in the interest of the stakeholders.