"...benefit being the ROI based on that."
I just wanted to point out that across the wider internet lots of people curate content without any financial reward. That proves that significant benefit is derived from curation outside of any financial encomium. I am confident we neglect that value to our detriment. Society is far more valuable than mere money. Upvoting content is probably done far more often without regard for curation rewards at all, as only whales get much financial reward from curation.
Substituting financial reward in this matter discourages actual curation IMHO. All curation rewards do is incite profiteering.
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Many sites all over the internet also have authors not being paid for their work. Curators here are essentially investors and being rewarded on an investment by contributing through curating beneficial content is sort of part of the appeal here... just like posting valuable content and being able to possibly earn a reward. If reward incite profiteering then that’s all rewards, not just one groups.
I think emojis and other ways to interact would be a great way to begin to have a culture not solely obsessed with rewards, but we aren’t there yet.