Read this post twice and still, can't believe that finally there were people who decided to solve the problem of rewarding talented authors.
Recently I talked to a guy who made few really good posts, putting a lot of efforts and time in it, making just a few dollars of an outcome.
And he wanted to give up and quit when saw some shitty posts that were automatically upvoted by whale bots, making more than $300 within first 30 min. And of course, everyone understood that nobody read these posts. Hopefully, now the situation will change and it will stimulate good authors to keep up their contribution here.
I remember one whale started a similar project with curation team but finally noticed that it ended up with a bot that automatically upvoted some authors he subscribed for. I hope here it's not gonna be the same.
Finally, would like to thank you guys, for your efforts. I hope it will help to make steemit a better place. From my part, I will help to curate unnoticed authors whenever I have some free time.
We are just getting started. There would be no bots involved, we will be voting on hand-picked and curated material. Of course, it will take time, but we hope over time, with the community's support, we can promote diversity on Steemit. Our goal is to see the day when Project Curie is no longer needed. :)
Thanks to you and a lot of others for your great feedback. We don't want good people giving up and quitting. I also hope this project is making Steemit a better place. You're right on the bots; we can stay ahead of them mostly, but it's a bunch more work we wish we didn't have to do. Kind of like keeping away from mosquitoes when you're going on a hike.