Recommending how to curate is cool, but existing curators should know what they're doing and Curie's closed for new curators, so who's this post aimed at..? :)

Sorry, that sounds a little combative, not meant to be. But if Curie's closed to new curators, then only established curators are able to use the service and generate income. Meaning that the purpose of Curie is merely a cash-cow for established steemians, not the means to distribute wealth that, as I read it, Curie was intended to be.

I appreciate the difficulties you have been having, as I can well imagine the kind of sub-par submissions you've been getting, and that there's a limit to Curie members' time for going through submissions, so I have every sympathy for your predicament. Perhaps a vetting system for new curators, allowing current curators to recommend new ones? Not sure how that would work practically speaking, but seems to me something is required if Curie's going to continue, as without some churn in curators it will end up inactive.