Great response Carl!

Some great points made, especially regarding the up-voting of good, well thought-out comments. @the-thing is the bot I think you are referring to.

I would undoubtedly be higher if it were not for my habit of spending a decent chunk of my voting power upvoting comments that will never give me any curation reward.

Absolutely, and same here - I've mentioned this as my 'valid' excuse for not hitting anywhere near the highs of the top curator reward %'s. As you say, a decent comment is perhaps more encouragement than most people can give money-wise.

Looking forward to discussing the SQL more with you.

Thank you!

Asher