"That means the top posts on a website like dMania aren't compelling or funny because of stake base voting." - have you considered counting the number of votes received instead of the dollar amount? Or some more advanced algorithm. Shouldn't be too hard of a job.

Also I'm glad to hear DMania is back, I always thought it was a bit foolish to throw it all away. As crypto is entering a boom phase again, who knows what heights DMania could reach if you put the effort into it. It might need some creativity but there's a good chance to "make it"

Even 50 cents for a meme is more than anywhere else, if DMania can just solve the issue of showing the best content instead of most stake voted it will have a good chance of going viral. I've noticed myself voting gladly on older posts that already are on trending since I as a stakeholder want to reward those who contribute quality content. Keeping them involved is far more valuable than nay miniscule curator rewards.