Good point about that most posts don't get read and upvoted. It's indeed because most are writers here and not readers. That's why i think it wouldn't be a bad thing to get the curation rewards up. It will benefit also the writers in the end because now nobody is reading so you only earn if you upvote the post to trending page yourself. (then it does get noticed a bit)

It's simply more rewarding to sell your vote to upvote bots then curate content. That's why nobody is doing it anymore.

Currently the only way to be a successful blogger here is if you go with the flow of buying upvotes.