Why so complicated. Why did byteball make byteball whales out of bitcoin whales? What purpose did that serve. Someone with 150 btc doesn't need a mass of byteballs. Why not give every member of bitcointalk 100 or 1000 byteballs regardless of their btc balance or rank. Then you will get equal distribution without a mass of confusion.
Because people with some wealth likely know how to manage it and are more valuable in terms of participation in a project. They're more likely to interact and engage in it on many levels. If you just hand out tons to a bunch of poor noobs all they're likely to do is sell it for pennies and move on.