Believe it or not, YOUR drop sounds like expected behavior, actually.
The earnings get shared among the author and the curators.
But 75% goes to the author (which is then split 50/50 between SBD and SP), while only 25% goes to the curators. That looks about right.
I was expecting about a $940 payout (about $470 SBD, then remaining 50% as SP). So I ended up only getting paid about 15% of what was expected.
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I figured it was something like that and I probably should have researched the payout algo on my own. Anyway, I hope you are able to determine why you weren't able to get the payout you expected.
Good luck!
Mine seems to have flipped the 25/75 rules to 75/25.
Maybe not, but that's what it feels like.