well don't we have a curation rewards pool for that?
They are clearly not enough. 25% of the post reward is distributed among so many upvoters! Actually, the community has been complaining about this for a long time. On the other hand, most other systems pay the reviewers much more.
if readers stop joining voting trails ...
Well, that is a big IF. The situation is not ideal. That's why I think this project can help.
I'm doing my part, networking and leading by example, I'm in the process of setting up a quality dream team, there will be a vote-trail, every one is welcomed to join for the rewards, but under 100SP they should remain above 80% VP or will be disabled and for those who join with more than 500 SP up to 1000 they should autorize 1 vote @ 100% a day at least. (degressive the higher the SP is, also I'm looking for backers inside steemit who want to invest in quality over quantity.
The Latino community right now has 1 single whale (or semi whale not sure) that is not helping much and a lot of minnow trails 150+ votes for a return of 40 cents...
I put my money where my mouth is and I'm leading by example, I can happily say I have found quite a few people that share my views and are willing to help. (And that was from my 0.500 days, so I know they are for real)