@clayop check out the report I've released yesterday on top curators by profitability. @smooth is not even on the list, because his curation profitability is ridiculously low (7% PA). On the opposite side of the spectrum we have for-profit whale bots, that generate 30%+ returns.

If smooth was selfish, or malicious, this probably wouldn't be the case. As far as I know, he is the only person that spends a lot of time and money on curation that is not based on ROI - rather I believe its his genuine intent to provide value to the platform and use his voting rights to support quality content.