Good points, especially "there are some people who vote just because they know that the hidden gems author will be worth a lot and want to get in on the curation reward."
I am trying to address the behavior of how people use Steemit, and to get them to understand to only vote for content they value because the read it and it's of quality, not simply because they are primarily focused on making money with Steemit, which seems to be 80-90% of most of the posts in the "new" category, which is very sad. It's largely low quality fodder that clouds the higher quality material from being recognized and gaining visibility for others to learn from.
Please consider reading what I have to say and sharing it. I am trying to get more people to understand the value and goal of Steemit and improve its quality content as well as their own, and focus less on the money. I put all my SBD into SP to help Steemit succeed in being higher quality in the end. Upvote only if you appreciate the value in it, not to get curation rewards from it.
Thank you. Take care. Peace.
^ Link sharing done proper.
Insane post there @krnel. Really devoted and a really good guide for beginners too. I just hope Steemit is going through a phase and that distribution will become better.