It seems really counter productive.
People complain about spam and garbage posts getting upvoted. I agree with that. Of course, if there are not people writing quality content, all that the site is left with is spam and garbage posts.
I mean, honestly, I can post cat memes with the best of them. I am well schooled in google search and can type that in to find a number of sites with thousands of them. I could post them from now until John McAfee is either rich beyond belief or is eating his d**k on television. But what purpose does that serve this community or site?
I spend a fair bit of time posting what I feel is quality content. Even if some dont see it that way, it is content that takes a while to put together. Fortunately, I had a few whales hit my stuff up...few and far between, but a few. I get a few dollars off each post which is more than I got on other blogging sites.
That said, would I like more? Sure. But I can tell you I dont wan it to be lessened so that the curation pool can be fixed.