We all lack BOP at times. I often just read and vote in the morning...or just vote.
I think if there were 100k comments we would be good, as for posts, I would like to see a huge quality boost if this were the case, I could also see a lot more niche communities coming up. Curation would be a challenge but we do have delegations, too.
I've also thought a lot about how SMT pools and proposals could be used to distribute inflation in a more sensible way if that happened. We got a bit of a taste with Steem-engine, but managing that was another chore in the end. Maybe, the new tip feature in PeakD will be helpful, especially if SMT can be tipped.
Communities powered by HP and issuing tokens sounds like the way to go - curation would be more manageable for interested parties.
It is a bit of a chore to curate with 10+ accounts, In future, I'd rather delegate the tokens off for a small return as with curangel.