and take into account that you need the rewards from all the blogging to do the curating in the first place.

If you are new and only have 1000 HP you can still earn a lot more by blogging but your curation will be not even worth it

I don't think to be fair, comparing auto-voting with manual posting. I would rather select the ones that you curated manually and then compare. And I think statistically it will still favour your curation, but only because you already have a good deal of invested (powered up) HIVE. For small accounts, blogging will make a huge difference, especially if curated by someone like you or me (I am small-medium, but have some impact too).

So, in essence, because it's the good content that provides the opportunity for great curations, new accounts are basically being incentivised to create great content, because big curators are effectively looking for that.

I know that between this theory and the practicality of things goes a different story, but I like to think that we are improving towards that path.

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When you can double your stake with one post that is successful, particularly if you're a small account, that's a higher ROI. 

If you have 5 hive power, and then get 5 hive power in rewards from blogging, you've doubled your stake in one fell swoop. You can't do that with curation. @forykw touched on this in their comment. 

There comes a time (and a place) where blogging in search of pure financial returns and looking at it as an actuarial equation definitely reveals a deficiency (where staked hive power nets a higher increase than your blog) - but some creators (who are not here to milk the system - ie, take rewards then power down, and cash out) - create because they *must*. 

When I say "must" - because the creative beast within them cannot be satiated any other way. Sharing that, leaving a legacy and getting that creative beast fed however they can. That's how I feel about my presence on the blockchain. 

I've got an opportunity to leave a chaotic, rambling legacy of my quest to suck at as many things as possible. Since joining the community, I've made a game, continued writing video game reviews, explored my social and political opinions, and grown through developing relationships with others I'd never ordinarily associate with. 

I've also built the confidence to go and ask complete strangers to stand in front of my camera while I fiddle with lights and dials and spinny lens things - all in the name of documenting my existence as a human, and obtaining some reward (through the engagement on my content) - and whatever the figures on the "Wallet" tab of my peakd profile represent. 

I'm building me. 

In terms of efficiency, AV definitely stands out without a doubt. I have been MIA for two months plus and now back in action which brings me back to almost ground zero to start with. Yet, I see blogging is not just about the money but the contents that I created. It can be valuable when it acts as a thought record or some experience sharing and even marketing materials. Thus, it is earning us both money and also influence (consistency comes in crucial). So by combining both, it is something pretty promising! Without good blog posts and consistent authors, we will not be satisfied with the AV performance either.

>And let’s not forget that being gifted $5 an hour for a hobby is one thing, but when Hive goes to $2 that’s $50 an hour, and that’s some serious gifting!

An increasing price for Hive might not lead to a linear increase in earnings since voters might decrease the percentages they vote at while increasing the number of accounts that they vote for. If at $0.20 Hive I can do ten $0.42 votes a day, at $2 Hive I might be doing thirty $1.40 votes a day.

I went down from 16% to 8% now. 

I know the reason why my curation APR has gone down. I am now going for more engagement and expressing myself instead of getting more curation rewards.

Hive curation simply punish manual curators.

https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@r1s2g3/is-hive-curation-is-broke

I like the categorisation of rewards as donations :)

My actually hourly rate for the time I spend on Hive is tiny, but that's okay. I make around 9% on curating and that's okay too as I try to send votes where they are needed and it's mainly manual. I know you benefit from some nice auto votes on your posts, but if those whales could spread their voting more it might benefit Hive in general. I am assuming they vote on a fixed set of accounts rather than adjusting on the fly for optimal curation rewards. Maybe they consider it a better use of their time.

I just looked at my stats. My curation is pretty sad. The majority of my rewards comes from posting and commenting. Curation generates a small, yet steady, stream of Hive. To be fair, this account is still relatively new. My larger account, however, comes out about even for authoring and curating. 

Hourly, I'd probably make more money digging for change in the sofa.

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