Fair enough.

However I was replying to a comment thread that said:

"What would be the necessary change in your opinion? Removing author rewards?"

    "That seems like a very interesting idea"

I do see value in curation because without curation, good content is less likely to be rewarded, and it will be harder to find good content, and I'm sure we all would prefer to see good content than bad content. Ofc good is subjective but I guess at the very least I mean I'd rather see original content than stolen content. One of the areas I like to create within is animation, and I'd like to see more original animations on here by other people, but stolen content is an issue in the animation tag where there's just a lot of stuff that is clearly stolen (like actual TV shows) and it is hard to find the original content mixed in with all that. I think it's very valuable if someone can find that hidden gem within all the stolen stuff and I don't think curation is useless or shouldn't be rewarded.

What I didn't agree with was the idea of removing author rewards. To me the person finding that animation is very useful but so is the amazing person who made that animation (and animation is certainly not an easy or quick thing to do) and to me it does seem backwards to reward the person finding the animation in all the other stuff, but not the person who made said animation.

The thing is, without the person suggesting removing author rewards as a potentially necessary change, I wouldn't have made my first comment on this in the first place. I have no problem with curators getting the rewards they do now, or even 50/50 but I can't agree with rewarding the "finders" but not the "creators". A lot of work, love, time, blood, sweat and tears goes into creating things and I'd never think I should get rewarded for helping get someone's creation seen if the creator was getting nothing for it. I think both should be rewarded. And as I said in my original comment, I don't think curation is more valuable than creation. An individual curator might do a better job than an individual creator but as a whole, curation isn't more valuable than creation and we shouldn't make a change to where we reward curators only but not creators. The other comment set the precedent for one being more valuable than the other by suggesting removing author rewards.

I also think there are issues with the platform and it has some pros over other platforms. I don't know the platform will go over more time, but I'm hoping well instead of a crash and burn.

As for the thinking thing, fair enough that you were joking, but I honestly don't just do the norm without question. Perhaps my life would be easier if I did, but I don't. Idk maybe what you describe is the norm and the reason I'm not like that is because I'm not neurotypical but all I can say is my own experience and I don't "sheep" like what you describe. On here, I act the same way I did September 2017 when I joined. The amount I use Steemit jumps around due to varying interests and responsibilities but I didn't really change how I approached the platform in that time. And I do think through the things I do on here. Sometimes I impulsively do things, both on and off here, but the things I jump into rather than thinking hard about aren't necessarily things that are the norm and I do tend to think through things, especially things where I don't know the impact of doing that thing on the platform as a whole.

Merry Christmas.