I'm fully aware of the merits of the EIP.

The problem is that even the definition of curation is "more visibility".
The foundational principal of curation is that higher payout = more visibility.
Meanwhile, things like reblogging aren't even monetized with curation.
I repeat, reblogging is the definition of curation but you can't get paid for it.
It's a backwards system.

Visibility is achieved by whatever merit the frontend decides.
It makes zero sense for the network to force curation on the backend.

All this being said there's really no point in arguing about it.
What we have is what we have and it's not bad,
I just think a lot of these mechanics are going to make sense in 5 years.