Curation should be 50%, and there should be no separate payout types for curators and authors, either give them both SP or give them SP/SBD. Curation paying so little is what has caused this mess in the first place. If one thing is grossly more profitable than the other, well, that other option is going to lose out big.

I wish I had more SP for this very reason. Even in my withdrawn state, overwhelmed with life and so MIA from discord (my apologies for that—I will make a comeback eventually), I am trying to browse steemit from my phone throughout the day and upvoting poetry/haiku and writing posts. I upvote others at least my 10 votes a day and usually more. But my few cents a vote mean little. I wish I had more to reward these awesome posts more. 

I hope not all writers give up on posting here and I hope folks with more voting power heed your call to action. 

Great post and wonderful idea.
I'm still *relatively* new to steemit, which appealed to me because when you write here you are much more likely to be discovered than if you just have a random blog on an own web page, and I already made a small sum that was more than I've ever hoped for. Even though most posts just make a few cents, it is still a great confirmation.

I would love to discover even more amazing content creators and see  bigger diversity of topics on steemit.

The sad part about curation, like you already mentioned, is that profit-driven minds do not see it as a worthwhile approach.

What type of people go for curation these days besides the trails and dedicated curators? They seem to be people avoiding to be flagged.

I mean, what the heck, the curator doesn't even get the full 25% as advertised. It's completely ridiculous!

Very well put and echoes my thinking about fiction on the platform.

> Most of us writers make more in that seven days than we’ve ever made writing in our lives.

This is true. It's also true that rewarding quality content could grow Steemit as a platform AND Steem as an investment in a big way. I appreciate your call to action on this, and hope to see it followed through. As much fun as I'm having here as a writer, I am honestly hesitant to go all in as an investor precisely *because* of the drama, the shit posts, and the apparent apathy towards growing the quality of the platform. 

I am both a content producer and an investor, but before I toss as much money into this currency as I have other crypto, I'd like to see some real push for the integrity of Steemit as a whole. For the life of me I can't see what kind of value anyone hopes to get from shunning a larger audience. If we want the value of Steem to *really* grow, then making Steemit a viable *quality* publishing platform seems like a no brainer.

As one of those people who have spent a lot of time on what I feel are quality posts, I agree very much. It seems very difficult to get visibility to any reasonable number of users or without paying for bot resteems/upvotes. 

I'm too new to have any answers, but would certainly like to see perhaps higher upvote power, percentage or something for "real" curation by live people. It certainly seems counterproductive to see the popularity of posts misrepresented by bot votes.

Here's hoping for improvements as we keep Steeming along!

It will soon be a year that I have been a member of the Steemit community. Proud to say that my only bot is Gina. She of course doesn’t vote, but is informative. It has taken a long time to reach this level, having hit trending once in a year. 
Which is fine by me, because most of trending has turned into trash. 
Agree with you completely regarding good content, and have turned into a shitposter, mainly for the reasons you have sited. Occasionally, I will throw something decent up, just to float the idea that there might be someone out there paying attention. 
I enjoy reading good content, not a novel mind you,as I rarely have time to sit down and devote the time required to invest in a long term read. However, there are very good content producers that I read on a regular basis. Even though I may read and comment it does not seem to be a 2 way street. Some have been here so long, and are so self involved in their own material they rarely upvote back. Choosing instead to stay within their known associates for commentary.  
One of my favorite things to do is take a lazy day and really run through and select posters I have never read before and find out what works for them. 
Bots may be easier, and as I watch new people fly past my reputation score to higher scores it really irritates me because most have purchased their scores while I prefer the organic method of reading and getting to know good Steemers. I hope your idea takes on a life of its own, with even a few participants a lot more visibility for other writers could go a long way. 

Your thoughts and words are greatly appreciated, and I am grateful someone out there is paying attention. 🐓🐓

I think larger dolphins and whales have forgotten how much power they really have to make others happy on steemit. A single upvote can change someone's life, make them happy about their work, or give them a reason to continue their struggle.

Maybe a grassroots initiative like this will give some of them the impetus to act to help others, and in doing so, to help creative writing on this platform.

Woo! GO Rhonda! I don't have much to add, but I wanted to chime in anyway. TWB quickly became my favorite community on Steemit/discord thanks to all the wonderful people and projects going on there. It's one of the most active and engaging communities and has a great chance to succeed despite the current level of negativity around Steemit. 

So what are some good ways to help TWB? Witness voting for sure, but what about delegation? Is muzxybot the best bot to back to help TWB?

Cheers!

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Either you or someone who valued your post shared this post on Pimp Your Post Thursday in the [Steemit Ramble discord](https://discord.gg/hzhzWxw). Looking forward to you visiting us again.

I do hope that those authors continue to post. I'm reading a couple of fictional works (full novels) at the moment that were posted on the blockchain a couple of years ago and I love them. It's my intention to send a couple of steem tokens the authors way once i've finished for the compensation and recognition that I missed out providing when they were first published. I'm not a writer myself but i'd imagine that sometimes it just takes that one big post for people to start looking at your whole history of work. Keep fighting the good fight, there are people out there interested in quality content

GOOD LUCK with your initiative. Anything that contributes to encouraging quality content is definitely worthwhile!

I have never used bidbots either, I have had a few "boosters" but when a bigger account voted  forvme content they thought  underrated. Same case, grateful if someone tip me but I am reluctant to do it on myself even if aware the game is rigged. Dunno if out of frustration I maybchange mybmind or even leave, so far I try my best.