Don't know what 'curie support' is... but it must have been demoralizing for that user to keep working hard producing content for it to be essentially ignored after a successful post like the one you've linked.
Curie is a top witness on here with their mission of supporting the small fishes with their 'Curie' upvote. You have to meet their criteria (i.e, no political, steemit-related posts, etc.) to receive their support. I have never been curie'd, and don't expect to ever be, so not sure what those exact criteria are!
You made a valid point about users being moralized after one big hit and nothing more in between. It's not just with curie, it's with any of the whale supports. Of course the random support is appreciated by the poor minnow, but not everyone is fortunate to receive continuous dolphin/whale support. So here is the conundrum, where then do they turn to support? Probably vote selling to earn passive income.
I'll be sticking around for a bit longer; it's still fun finding gems amongst the masses.
Do share more insight if you come across any I've missed! ;)
Ah ok, noted. Think i'll never be curie'd either in that case. But I admire their principle.
Thanks for coming by and chatting things through... it was what I thought this platform was about, but haven't had much of it until now :)