There's a difference between transparency and show boating though.  If someone wants to know a person's finances then take a dip in the blockchain.  It's not hard, I ain't got much but here's mine https://www.steemd.com/@williambanks .  

But if what you were saying were to happen in the real world we'd all be running around with our tax returns and paychecks stubs stapled to our foreheads.  #needstobememe #sadbuttrue

I do understand what you're saying though.  I wish the blockchain could be a bit more private, the IRS is going to have a field day with me next year.  Thanks to this posting I've officially earned "reportable income" from this place.  There's not a loophole for that so here's hoping we can attract some heavy hitters to this platform so they can at least apply some pressure to make social earnings a tax exempt activity.

The amount will always be available, and an alternate UI platform or modification/script/browser-addin may decide to display it for people who want to see it, but as a design choice, showing it by default is one thing that keeps me from using steemit as a "serious" communication platform. 

If I direct people from my personal or business life to a post on steemit, the "dollar" figure on the post and each of the comments will be very distracting from the message of the post and hard to explain.