On the first part, we agree.

And parts of my understanding of how Steemit's blockchain works is a little defunct, so I'll defer to you on that one. As someone who puts as much effort into authoring as I do curating, I personally believe it is fair the author gets the larger piece of the pie. Maybe its due to this that I think primarily from that perspective, and not so much from that of an author who does not. If authors didn't put as much effort into their posts, and neither did the curators, or if authors did and so did the curators, then a 50:50 setup would look more in place in such a system.

Also, how are you quoting my text?