I like that approach, too. Balancing things out, supporting those I like and are beginners or in my range a little more, and the big ones a little less, taking into account the content quality... Curating is an art! There's a lot to learn there, and it would be great if people took the time to learn it, and not spam- or auto-vote.
(Doesn't mean I'm great at it. Still have a long way to go...)
Yeah, vote trails are an other issue as they promote lazyness and people not curating manually