There are two types of curation on Steemit. Content Curation and Social Curation. However they both cover the topic "curation", they do differ from behavior and are approached from different perspectives.
This type of curation is all about searching, organizing quality content that is presented in a collection of various themes and topics gathered by the curator. In this collection a small part of the content will be used with a hyperlink to the full entry of the author. In some cases, curators add their own interpretation and commentary of the gathered content.
A collection of different themes and topics can be useful to various readers who would like to have a quick summary of curated content. In our opinion, Content Curators are very important to the Eco system of Steemit. There is a lot of content that is provided and has not been digested by many other readers. However, researching and finding quality content yourself that has to be discovered can be something very exciting.
If you thought content curation could only be done by a group of people, you're wrong. You can create collections of great content yourself.
A good example is the curation team of @OCD. They write about their findings and add their own interpretation with commentary.
On Steemit, we are all social curators. We give up-votes, down-votes and we give comments. With every up-vote (depending on the weight of your up-vote and your influence on Steemit) you curate the reputation of the author (25) as well. The higher the pay-out, the more likely that that piece of content will appear on the trending page. The more engagement a piece of content receives, the more it is likely that it will appear on the 'hot' page.
@Curie is a good example of Social Curation and what the impact can be like for an author and a piece of quality content. The team of @Curie often does an author showcase on their blogroll. They promote the author and not only one piece of content.
Both types of curation are incredible valuable to everybody on Steemit. Whether you are a individual curator, or work with a group of curators, there is a lot of content and authors out there that are undervalued. Stay tuned for a in-depth article about Curation and Engagement.
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