Hey, @cryptoburner.
Thank you for your response. There are plenty of people saying that, and I know I've read similar sentiments in comments. I just haven't been able to verify how much it might be, or whether there upvoting posts would end up offsetting any loss incurred in curation. Have you? As far as I know Steemit has never tried it, even in small percentages, and I'd be interested to see if it's ever been tried, tested, etc.