It’s honest voting behaviour. Nothing about the nature of content. And I didn’t mention anything about quality.

IRL as a curator I'm always looking for cool unpopular stuff and promoting them before they blow up. And SP makes it possible to unearth underground stuff earlier than “democractic” means, ie view / like count. It all boils down into influence and persuasion. People are not static. So I totally get what you’re saying and they’re part of what I’ve expressed above.

The curve is there for pragmatic reasons. It’s either a failure of a platform over the long run or a functional one, albeit with a slight inequality on the lower end. If there's a better way to go about this, will be all ears.