Reading some of the comments on this post really puts it into perspective how much damage has been done to the network because of self voting.
Self voting is only one aspect of the issues and at this point it's hard to fathom that the ones with the power to impact the network negatively will suddenly just change their mind and start being less selfish.
I used to stay up a bit on the blockchain metrics and consensus based changes, but when the consensus based changes started to look like they favored the one's more that had all the power, it became a daunting task to feel motivated to keep track.
I used to know how curation works, but that was changed too and I'm assuming those changes don't do much for the dust voters, so it is difficult to maintain optimism that things will turn around.