Greetings dear friend.
I do not belong to that elite of powerful curators, as my voting power is only $0.0013, however I have seen how some friends such as @xpilar or @electrodo have created organized contests or topics to discuss where users are supported according to the contribution or content they have.
On the other hand, I would like to answer the questions according to my way of being to see if you are interested in implementing such a strategy:
Should I base my upvotes solely on the quality of the posts and thereby support people who already know how to produce?
If the quality is good, "YES", since everyone should have the right to be rated when it shows high quality content, I have seen users with a repute of almost 70 while their publications only contain 3 lines of text or less than 20 words.
Should I assign some of the upvotes to people to encourage them to become great authors?
Votes are the main motivation for us Steemit writers no matter what the value. But, without a doubt whoever receives a good vote will be able to increase their performance and power as long as acceptable content is presented for the benefit of the platform, if most of us send the support received a large chain of support could be formed.
How much should I direct towards diversification? For example, to make the place more interesting by upvoting authors from many countries (that may follow ethical rules that would be called unethical elsewhere)?
All those who are loyal to the rules deserve support, here in Venezuela we live in strong times and sometimes I find it difficult to publish a post either because there is no internet, computer or simply because there is no electrical service.
I will always be grateful to those who seek to support others in a disinterested way and with all good will, God bless.
Thank you for the detailed answers @jadnven.
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Hello friend @mariusfebruary , before I begin, I apologize for my bad English, it really helped me a lot with Google.
Since I started in steemit one of my goals was to invest and be able to support more users the idea is to add people to the platform very difficult task but I have tried to do I have held events culture competitions customs and folklore with a team of qualified people to be as objective as possible.
But sometimes I have seen people with high SP with very low values of ethics that create monopolies and do not seek to help anyone, other people write very well but they are not constant and maybe a month later they say goodbye to steemit, there are those who ask only because it is the easiest way and there are those who do it because they really need or hunger if you do not help is wrong before the law of God and if you do it knowing that your publication does not meet even the minimum to be supported is not ethical.
So my friend is a difficult subject to handle and it will depend on the angle that is seen and the criterion or objectivity of the curator. A pleasure to visit your Blog.
Regards.
Thank you @jadnven for mentioning the work is being done and I see that it is coming to the community I feel very happy to be your reference.
Electrodo
Gracias a ti amigo @electrodo, conozco su buen trabajo y a pesar de no ser un usuario que haya recibido sus votos siempre estaré agradecido por el apoyo que brindas a otros, y es como tu dices, muchos se aprovechan de la buena fé y no corresponden con etíca. es un honor hacer referencia de su buena labor.