Hive is like a home to me. A source of joy and me-time. Whenever I stay away from Hive, I feel kinda emptiness. I certainly want it to thrive.
Nevertheless, I must admit certain things are disapointing. At times, I feel confused about what might be the definition of quality users. I have seen accounts producing low quality and getting high rewards. Similarly, I have also come across accounts whose content is of quality and they get high rewards, but they hardly bother to respond to people's comments on their posts. They just drop their words and cash them up.
Part of the problem you've identified is because there many blind curators who curate for their own rewards, instead of rewarding those who are worth it. Sadly there are plenty of bad curators around.
My plan is to find users or help users to create decent content and understand the value of genuine engagement, and establish themselves as a quality content creator on Hive. Many have succeeded in doing that themselves, it's not difficult to be honest, but many others just don't seem be to get it