Oh man, I can relate to a lot of this. I didn't quite "get" the curie thing at first, either. Then people were tagging me on discord, or commenting to say "Wow! You got curied" and I had to go hunting to find out what that meant!
It is a very encouraging thing and helps me stay motivated to put out good content and to take the time to edit photos and do my formatting work as well!
This is a GREAT post, by the way!
You know @byn? You'd probably wonder at what the whale saw in your post that brought aroubd to your blog. Lol
Curie is indeed a very important part of a Minnow's life. It could be the difference between struggling with a reputation below 50 for months or climbing rapidly in the steemit platform.
Thank you @byn for the kind comments. I hope to see you again soon.