Hello @forexbrokr

Thank you for welcoming me to the community.
I appreciate it.

I agree that curation is a very attractive tool stimulating interaction and monetizing it, and indeed this monetization of attention, as specified in the smart contract, is not always given the credit it's due as a truly new way to reward interactions between content creators and content consumers.

This is a non-trivial way to reward people who don't produce content, but who can add value to the community in other ways. The most obvious is that they can be supporters of good content creators, as art patrons did in the middle ages. But they can also shape community content with both positive and negative reinforcement. But the negative reinforcement can be completely passive and non-confrontational. But still shape a communities norms.
Lastly by virtue of the monetary influence they yield, large stake holders are a very interesting dynamic in the community.

As an aside, this is a splendid illustration of the less aggressive and less confrontational way we can interact with others through computer code and tokenized social media. We don't need to insult people or engage in name calling, we can simply not reward them and not interact. Humans are social creatures and these non-confrontational punishments can be more effective than more aggressive ones. The psychology of humans is fascinating and universities offer courses on how to use social media to shape society, and many suspect it is already being used for this purpose.

Lastly, curation and the influence of curators on a community should not be taken lightly. I see that these areas can also be considered weak points or areas of vulnerability to over influence. But humans are imperfect, thus the systems they create are imperfect. All we can hope for is something Thomas Jefferson stated, that we evolve the rules of our society as our society evolves. Then its rules and norms will reflect the societies evolution. I think this also applies to social media communities. They will be imperfect in the beginning, but hopefully improve over time.

Decentralized Finance, where artificial intelligence meets finance can be an uplifting economic force for mankind, but being built by mankind it is imperfect, and can be exploited for individual gain and potentially mass suffering. Perhaps that was a bit over dramatic.

Ha! Ha! Here I have created another post.

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