Thx for that info. The new model does seem a little confining for someone like me and the amount of HP I have. Leaving a .02 vote to avoid dust issues seems to limit the number of votes a day I will have available.
I agree the old way seems more natural for curating manually.
The dust threshold remains, but it feels higher due to the recent drop in price. I guess it would harm short content and replies in long term, at least until we get back to over 20 cents.
I suppose a higher price would cure a lot of ills. :)