Thank you for posting this @swissclive.
This was very thorough analysis and valuable for all members of the community. There is no one topic that is less understood, overall, as curation. Few, including myself, make a study of it.
I am going to look at my voting habits and alter them to apply some of what you posted. There are so many different ways to go about it that it does require some thought.
I wonder if any of this will change with account based voting or will curation be something minimized? Under that system, isnt it just a numbers game and votes at the 16 minute mark will beat everyone else in?
Some things to think about.