Great food for thought here. I've only been here 12 days and have furiously blogged since the first moment my application was approved. I am continuing to do so for the time being, because I believe that with just 250,000 daily active users, we are a long, long way off from maximizing our potential. One day--if we clean up the bots, fake upvoting, less-than-stellar "trending" selection, bogus accounts, etc.--it is not unreasonable for us to expect 100 times that active participation, or even more.
Will that 100-fold increase in usership translate into a 100-fold increase in the price of Steem? If our quality also improves, I would think yes. There is no reason to think otherwise. Even newbies like me who are here long after almost a million accounts have been created are nearly in at the ground floor of what this platform could become in time. The key, by my way of thinking will be to vote in the right witnesses, because some hard forks are definitely needed.
My bigger question, Exyle--if you will permit to interject here--is "Is detailed curation worth the effort?" That question is more a question about site mechanics than esoteric notions of the "value" of curation. When I click curation rewards, the site says I've earned $.01 the past week. But when I scroll down through my "comments" icon, it shows many of my comments have earned OK money. What gives?
TIA...for your reply.
Current display of curation rewards is a bit broken at the moment. I don't think you should worry to much about curation at the moment. Having fun, creating content that you enjoy creating and making connections is much more important.
OK..if it's just the curation reward DISPLAY that's broken. Newbies need that commentary payout though, because we sure aren't able to grab any attention on the authorship side.
Thanks for your reply!