The tokenomics and the algorithm are indistinguishable.
That's the design working. In every other system, the token is bolted onto the platform — a separate layer with separate rules. The algorithm decides what you see, and the token is just a financial instrument trading on speculation. Two systems, loosely coupled, often working against each other.
In CHONK, the vote IS the distribution IS the ranking IS the incentive. One action, one system. The challenger couldn't attack the algorithm with