Vote selling platforms as it is already give 100% of the curation and take a small cut off the top. I don't see how they would earn more. Also, curation on bidbots or vote sellers is not good because it isn't timed well, it's used to vote on content that has already been widely upvoted. Most people don't upvote content after they seen it has been already boosted by bidbots, so they usually are some of the last upvotes meaning the tail end of the rewards.
And you're right, people curate because they care. But also, investors curate because they have to, if not they are missing out on Steem they could be earning. Right now as an investor I have to choose between delegating to projects, selling votes, self upvoting, curation (manual/auto). I believe most investors will choose to delegate to projects, but some just want to just get as much Steem ROI as possible because they believe Steem is undervalued.
Tell me of another crypto out there that lets you get more of it by simply click a button or autovoting without looking at the content? None. Yet, what they do get isn't enough, so the greed has them wanting more. Or doing the work of voting isn't desirable when they can do 0-work and still get more crypto by delegation and getting returns that way.
If only merit mattered, where the merit of earning rewards was based on actually evaluating content to reward it, proof of brain. And because you value it, you get a reward too for valuing what others have put forth. It was a great idea, but the greed of wanting more or wanting to get the most with the least work, has us where we are now.
Yeah, ppl can just upvote authors they know buy votes, and its just a badnwagon effect of piling on for curation rewards, regardless of content.
Increasing curation rewards isn't about rewarding the clicking action vs writing the article, but about giving back more to stakeholders, to incentivize them to vote on other posts.
And by the way, what other cryptocurrency requires the stakeholder to lock up their stake for up to 13 weeks?
how you do expect content creator like me to survive?
i do video about malaysia numismatic history . Even if i don't need steemit to cover the cost to get those item . I still need to eat and sleep .
I try at Dtube before , it does not work. people are selfish , they watch my video for free but never want to give me upvote .
You're entitled if you believe that Steem should cover your living costs. If you don't earn enough, work more.
Work more sometime does not work on steemit . I once do that and find it pointless .