I think curation posts HAVE BEEN invaluable in the past - in the early days of Steem & Hive. But each day there are new tools and more people.... it's far easier to use twitter for content discovery now, and hivesearcher.com around a topic. Free, fast, no delay, no bias, no need to reward the curator and more decentralized. Many would argue that the very high rewards given to some "Weekly Best Of" curations would be far better used rewarding new authors getting only 0.23 for their original content. I have heard others say it's an abuse of the rewards pool, since it's little more than a cut & paste of others work to create rewards. I don't share that view but can see the argument objectively, and it has some validity.
"Should"? LOL. It's a word I avoid like the plague and has little place in a decentralized world.
Curators relying on it for income? Many of them would contribute more to the platform - and earn more - writing their own original content, since curation is HUGELY time consuming.
I think old fashioned curation posts DO still have some place, but it is diminishing daily. The exception is probably curating new to Hive and little seen, undervalued authors. A-la @acidyo & @OCD's requirement the post earnings be under $3. If an author is connected to a community already and geting regular steady upvotes over $3,$4,$5, one might argue they no longer need curation.
We need to be smarter.
Thanks for a helpful post - it helped me refine my thinking about @artemisshares.
Oh, I've heard you use 'should' many times - we all know what it means - it has a place in the English language, so it has a place anywhere haha! We all take 'should' with a grain of salt - no moralising here, just a title that intends to speak to the audience.
FYI - not all posts by OCD require posts to be under $3, as there are other factors that go into it as well. Even 'regular steady upvotes' at 3, 4, and 5 need a boost for moral and for the general support.
Not all people like Twitter, or want to divide their time between HIVE and another social media platform, even those that do it out of obligation. I respect those whose market efforts are centred on Twitter, without a doubt! Just saying it isn't the place for everyone, and that's fair enough too - the internet, or HIVE, is not a one sized fits all place. Hence, decentralisation, as you say.
As for the curations rewarding people getting small rewards for their content, I made an addendum to the post - that is an absolutely valid point. As you know, any extra HP that doesn't go out to the curators goes, in part, to powering up the account so that our vote is worth more FOR these underrewarded users, post beneficiaries for users, and challenge winnings, and tips - phew. It all goes in and around the reward pool in various ways, in that lovely tidal flow and ebb of HIVE. 'Little more than cut and paste' - whilst some curation might be, we know full well it isn't - it's commenting on author's work, upvoting them, reblogging them, handing their post into OCD or other curation pools, helping them out with code and other suggestions, sharing their posts on Twitter, and, as most of Nat Med curators do, forming them into some kind of themed curation that many people enjoy. And of course, they do it because they believe it adds value to the user experience. Bless the curators on HIVE, I say!
The curators I have spoken to (and I concede of course not all curators agree, because of course, HIVE isn't a 'one sized fits all' place) enjoy their curation and also enjoy the rewards, especially when they might not feel the post inspiration that day or even that week when they have other things going on. They relish the opportunity to participate in some way. Curation can be streamlined and organised so that it only takes a short amount of time - as I take note of posts through the week as I go, it takes me less than an hour to do a post, and I don't find it time consuming at all. I understand that you might though, especially with all the busy curation, tweeting and other work you do for the platform.
Very interesting to see other views on curation, and good luck with @artemisshares - I appreciate the curation efforts you have undergone to bring undervalued users rewards and show appreciation for so many people on HIVE.
Oh, and.
!ENGAGE 50
and thanks for the twitter share.
ENGAGEtokens.I haven't heard of hivesearcher.com before. Just went to see what it was, then sat there wondering what on earth to put in the search box. 😅 I guess my mind kind of went blank. It's much better than the in house search function, though; if you can figure out what you want to look for.
What I like about the curation posts is that someone has already sifted through and they are more likely to be good reads or information.
Ha, I do that too - what on earth am I searching for here? I just put in the tag into Peakd and it'll come up with those posts. I should try it to find those old posts of mine I never can find without endless scrolling haha...