I agree with this and it’s something that has always frustrated me, and why I’ve worked with Curie and then eventually made my own curation group.. as we lose such great creators as they go unnoticed. To me upvotes are great, but engagement is a big part too.

Curation currently for most has nothing to do with quality and just voting what gets you a return.. I find that sad.

I am curious about your opinion on how these frustrations of authors who spend so much time on content to then be ignored are also caused by seeing such minimal quality content rewarded so well?

I guess I have this hope that if the rewards were actually balance with using downvotes to not only fight abuse but counter the over rewarded, this would help the overall thoughts on rewards? My hope would be these creators would no longer see a poorly taken selfie with a sentence at $20+ and therefore the frustration they feel would be decreased a bit?

Just curious your thoughts on it.

I also agree with a group handling it with clear guidelines so it’s more consistent and not just some sort of grudge etc.