As someone who only tosses his vote button manually this was a delightful read. I also delegate out my HP to projects I think could either use the support, or pay out layer 2 tokens I can easily use with tip.cc for engagement on twitch etc. I know there have been/are a lot of curation circle jerks on HIVE that actually don't really add value to the ecosystem or as you stated: only benefits a select few and doesn't motivate newer users to post whatsoever. I've also been on the sidelines witnessing bloody downvote wars with a plethora of reasons from both sides to the point where it's hard to find the exact truth on the matter. I'm not going to act like I know the solution for curation, as I think it is unlikely there will be a "perfect" system where people can't make some money off of abusing it, but I do believe HIVE has been the best system of it's kind I have seen. Again, just my opinion. Thanks for writing something that genuinely held my attention throughout. Sometimes I just give you a vote without reading knowing it's going to help create some cool things on this chain, but this time I read it all the way through. Well done, I'll have to read you all the way through more often lol. Cheers mate