I'm fully aware of the merits of the EIP.
The problem is that even the definition of curation is "more visibility".
The foundational principal of curation is that higher payout = more visibility.
Meanwhile, things like reblogging aren't even monetized with curation.
I repeat, reblogging is the definition of curation but you can't get paid for it.
It's a backwards system.
Visibility is achieved by whatever merit the frontend decides.
It makes zero sense for the network to force curation on the backend.
All this being said there's really no point in arguing about it.
What we have is what we have and it's not bad,
I just think a lot of these mechanics are going to make sense in 5 years.
The front ends could probably do a better job at giving visibility to content based on different metrics. For the time being the current reward pool model is "good enough" as a coin distribution mechanism. We could do better. If the coin had a wider distribution the curation built into the system would be a close indicator of the popularity of content but it is waht it is I guess.
How difficult could it be to come up with a front end that you can customize to show posts by shares, comments, views and payout? Why do we keep using the same model?
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