This is the first Decline Payout post. We're trying our best to work out a system for paying both the hundreds of curators in #curie and the people working hard internally (not to mention the software development / server expenses etc.), without taking anything from the reward pool. It'll be a win-win if we can make it work.
For the short term, it's the authors of Steemit that lose out because we have lower resources to curate posts; as well as curators because there are fewer posts that are processed. However, it also means that the top authors get more rewards. So there are pros and cons, it's not an easy decision - which is why we are soliciting feedback from the community.
Hmm I'm following #curie's curation trail on Streemian, am I qualified as a curator?
Ah, that's different. You are free to submit posts in #curie. I saw @fubar-bdhr submitted your post in #curie a few hours ago. He's one of the top curators there. We also have an internal curation team, but over time the emphasis has fallen on #curie. To answer your question, #curie is an open curation submission channel - everyone is a curator if you find good posts that meet the guidelines :)
Ah, yes I see. I do submit there from time to time as well. You guys are such a huge help to the community, I wish it carries over to the Steem Guild project. @fubar-bdhr has been such a huge help to two or three of my posts as well, nominating them as soon as they hit the 6-hour mark.
Indeed, all hail @fubar-bdhr!