All i'm saying is that this "experiment" isn't (or shouldn't) be enough reason to abandon ship.

I agree that this experiment it's not a reason to abandon the ship; quite the contrary. I've been receiving Curie's support which has helped me a lot in my daily life too, but now due to the low rewards I feel compelled to do more, not the otherwise. I can't just keep doing 1-2 posts per week, a few comments and nothing more. Now I have to be more involved with the community, do more networking, create more content, curate proactively, etc... seek for legit ways to get the most out of this platform so I can keep the stream of rewards going. If I quit I lose, as simple as that.