I think the "circle jerking" is good. Or, if I bring friends and family to HIVE (with the investment that entails for each), we shouldn't be able to upvote each other "just because" and enjoy the same pro-rata rewards as the double digit "pile-on post" votes?

That having been said, let me also be clear that the 50%-50% curator-author has to stay the same, otherwise, we'd be back to the "whale circle-jerk shit posting" from before.

Edit: I love curation trails too. They motivate me to be consistent, and that's no small thing. Every time I post I think of them - I can't let them down.