I would like to contribute another example for the absurdity of the current curation system:

In our "Fascinating Insects" community as mods @faltermann and I are the experts when it comes to these little creatures. However, instead to follow our upvotes, some 'curator bots' with big pockets but no clue about the matter prefer to upvote any blurred ladybug pictures.
And why? Because they earn more when they upvote first ...