TY @waphilip,

These are the places I send people to find starving authors already trying on STEEM:

Tags:
ccc
wednesdaywalk
marketfriday
naturalmedicine

Initiatives
@freewritehouse and @mariannewest
@abh12345 The Curation and Engagement League Participants
@pifc contests
@qurator daily posts and author spotlights
@tasteem contests
@heyhaveyamet posts
@ntopaz contests and regular feed
@c-cubed daily posts
@steevc and his @tenkminnows project

Not sure if they sill be substantive enough or funny enough, but at least you can find posts in volume in all of these places and do not have to pick through random posts.

You voted my comment with 97% power, if you can get down to 85-90% daily or even less, you will get great curation rewards. If you are voting for small fish, you will also be a hero.