I think that this is the key point regarding curation vs vote selling.
Wouldn't it be simplest just to switch curation payouts to the same currency as post payout? i.e. 50/50 SP/SBD in most cases. Then we have apples and apples.
Waiting for the SBD price to change its behaviour may not happen - and there are also benefits of a SBD price above $1 for many people.
Without comprehending the reasoning behind the SBD pump, it's really hard to know how to approach it.
It's also incredibly difficult explaining the architecture of the place to noobs, when they can't understand why we'd have two currencies which are worth roughly the same.
Simplicity is it's own reward.
It will come in handy to say thanks for giving