Very interesting on the curation trails. I wonder if this occurred prior to the last HF. That would give some nice insight. I do not have that information, but perhaps someone later will update us on this.
Your questions and answers have been great, very much appreciated.
Have a great day (or evening).
it has superlinear curation rewards. it looks like we might keep the current system and have an additional pool that rewards a different type of behavior.
i like the idea of adding a new pool to encourage being a 'good person'. except the verification for individuality and good behavior is centralized by steemit inc.. it's a double edged sword. if you decentralize the oracles people can start a bidding war to buy good behavior. just in case you haven't seen it @ned posted a screenshot of a new consensus model that will reward individuality and good behavior (steemit inc community guidelines?).
no problem. but again. i still see a way for paid promotion. all they have to do is use outside sources. possibly even other blockchains to ensure trust. now you have 'good person tokens' that somebody bought with ethereum or eos and it'd be harder to track. it'd be easier to fool people because the tokens themselves are made by steemit inc. i just wish they'd go with 'wisdom of the crowd' instead of 'wisdom of steemit inc'..