I'm still wondering if just upvotes is enough. I think the platform is still way too subject to meme and bot voting -- everyone votes for posts because they are popular rather than voting for things that they actually truly approve of. Just look on the trending page for examples. Tons of fluff comments done for no other reason than the impression that they will get some money. Drowns out the real communications.
I've wondered if not rewarding upvotes or comments with money would change this? Only give money to authors?
This does seem to be a bigger problem regarding user education. IMO curation rewards from guaranteed high-payout authors should be less incentivized (maybe make curation rewards a lower percentage for really high payouts?) as it harms the long-term health of new usership.
I'm not sure the solution to this, but thanks for bringing it up! Very critical topic.