Thanks for the ideas and great feedback. 👊

I like the idea of an optional 'powered by Steem'. Will work on adding extra customisation options like the counts/values too 👍

I’ve always envisioned a system that enables votes to potentially auto route to a current (or newly created) votable target, rather than just to a static post that is most likely past payout.

I have thought about this a lot too. I've always been hesitant because it has a lot of room for abuse. I often end up asking myself 'what if everyone used this?' and the answer for evergreen content is not a good one. The reward pool is finite so ever increasing numbers of votable evergreen content leads to decreasing values of new content and/or an even higher % of steem flowing to older account. That said I think there is a way to make it viable but it needs to be done in the right way.

Or at least including a single website general “tip” button where such a system is maintained. But a backend solution with possible reporting would be great.

Ace to hear we're on the same wavelength with these ideas, have thought about this too. As you mention above I worry a little how it might look on an interface like steem/busy where it may get wrapped un into a spam cleanup, I'm sure there are ways to make it work though.