My top tip: if you want the maximum curation award, you need to front-run teh whales - that is, you need to vote before they do. The earliest big account to vote after 30 minutes is the one that gets the biggest rewards.

If all you can deliver is about 2 cents with your vote, it's best to vote for the posts you see in the "new" tab that haven't got many votes. Don't vote for posts that have already accumulated a big reward - all you are doing is passing money to other curators.