That's not what I'm saying. Rewarding the consumer. Allowing their support levels to grow and no real cost. Everything about that is genius but it's never celebrated or "sold". It's not that they've failed. Those rewards have never been given the opportunity to shine. Calling them "curation" rewards doesn't even make sense in my mind. These days millions of people are spending money on content creators. This approach is a far better deal. But it's difficult for people to wrap their heads around that. It is how one converts thousands of supporters into that one boring whale vote they seem to drool over. Except this time they have an audience instead of just one audience member. That's how one creates a decentralized revenue stream. Depending on one whale is centralized; could go away at any moment. And the perks come standard. Smart but poorly executed + nobody ever tries to onboard paying supporters in order to prove how well it works. Perks aren't even mentioned, by anyone, ever, to anyone outside. They're rarely even trying to attract views.
Anyway. Time for me to put this down. Just wanted to clear that up.