By being part of this experimental social platform you can be earning more of it whilst also helping others.
it's a shame that #newsteem was needed for this. I would certainly not call it altruism, rather normal capitalist behavior. But ok, as mentioned earlier in the comments, it remains a win-win situation. The reasons why someone is curating are therefore not that important in themselves.
Besides that, content creators also have to show some responsibility. Success doesn't happen by accident. Yes, sometimes you have to be lucky, but it's mostly hard work. I often get the feeling that some people overlook this.
I have opted to compromise what I can earn by not self voting and not optimising my rewards by voting in those who always do well. I have done well from Steem and want to use that for good. It's that altruism? It just seems that few other platforms offer this opportunity.
I have learned never to generalize, so of course, there are a lot of people here with good intentions. A lot. It was certainly not my intention to condemn you in any way. But you can't deny that, since #newsteem, a lot more people are suddenly starting to curate. And that has nothing to do with altruism. But that doesn't change the fact that we indeed must be grateful that we even have this opportunity.
No offence taken. Sometimes you have to change the rules to encourage better behaviour and this has worked to some extent. There were some good curation projects before, but the vote sellers dominated. There are still some who don't care what they support, but they may be persuaded to change if their clients keep losing rewards.