I totally agree with you! It's not like curators shouldn't be rewarded at all, no! But in my opinion, authors are doing most of the job and trying hard to write a good quality content. It is nothing that can be done in a minute. (Well, depending on the quality of course)
Besides, if no article written, nothing to vote on.
And the fact about most people don't even read the posts is quite sad .... It's like the author is writing everything only for himself.