It's definitely encouraging to encounter those who are diligent regarding curation. However, it is discouraging to constantly see the lion's share of inflationary-based rewards being absorbed by a vulgar display of power rather than creative excellence. Take Allen for example, he's an actual published author who earned $0.11 on this post - https://hive.blog/hive-187189/@allentaylor/what-its-like-to-be-a-traveling-offgrid-author-fqn

This level of reward for this level of effort compared to a 20-minute weekend warrior post loaded with grammatical errors, which earns over $100. It might sound jaded but it's an honest perspective of what is taking place in the majority of cases. Hive is the best SoFi in WEB3. However, this is an ongoing issue that would bring in a lot of new users if it were resolved to a degree. I engage with many who won't or have stopped posting due to this issue. We celebrate what works, but advancing comes down to attending to what doesn't...