Acid - I love the honesty here and I think what it boils down to is:

"Curation is an amazing part of Hive because it is a way for an account to earn large HP Votes based upon Quality of posts and Community Interaction/Engagement."

It has nothing to do with, or rather should have nothing to do with:

"But did you delegate to me??"
"But did you vote for my posts???"
"But did you support my project??"
"How long have you been on Hive??"
"How much are you staking??"

That's what I enjoy about Hive - I can write about anything I want... but the posts that "Add Value" or "Teach Something" seem to receive the largest upvotes.

While receiving autovotes is cool and helps sustain the write-reward]dopamine button - the Manual Curation aspect is what really keeps this place... Human 😊