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
Yeah, unfortunately, it is the case. We can only do what lies in our limitations. All of us are accountable for our own actions.
That's a nice plan. Teaching, guiding and supporting a small group of right people is likely to create a chain of the goodness. They extending the support further and so on.
Wishing you success ❤️