I'm not typically a fan of ads being implemented on a platform where they don't presently exist. However, given the limited rewards pool that steemit draws from, I wouldn't mind an influx of additional money from other sources to promote blogs.
I know that while there is a lot of crap content on here, I've also seen some of the best writing content on the web.
How do you think following and curation would affect this? Naturally, an advertiser would want to get the most impressions and views unless they're going after a real niche audience. Wouldn't they just bid for ads on the posts already making a killing?
I don't think the nature of curation would change. This is meant to incentivize content with a much longer life. Advertisers would probably want to bid on the blogs where their products would be the most relevant.
Agree on relevance. I think this will also widen the type of content on the platform, given that a positibility of additional incentive from ads.