Great points.
"Decide if you think the content is undervalued, sufficiently valued or overvalued and act accordingly"
This is a really good thing to keep in mind. As a curator, you aren't there just to reward GOOD content, you are there to correct the application of rewards, particularly by rewarding GOOD, but undervalued content. Your points about not rewarding popular content creators are great food for thought.
I didn't say NOT rewarding popular content creators, i said less ;)
Well, true, you got me there. What I really meant was "over-rewarding".