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Some people are just lazy, not only that, they do not think of other people at all. I know, I know, 'Taraz, you are meant to be the positive one.' Not tonight. Tonight, I am going to rant and rave like a lunatic.
I have spent a lot of time and energy speaking about and praising 
I have been a loyal supporter of
But No! They don't care,
Do you know what has happened in that time while they were drinking their eggnog and eating baked ham? My curation rewards have dropped 20 percent! 20! This week my returns are 12 Steem lower than normal. 12! That is about 65 dollars now! How selfish of them. Do they not think of anyone but themselves??
As you can likely tell, I am joking but, I am not very funny. Granted, I am funny enough to do standup at SteemFest but really, I probably shouldn't.
I am writing this post for the minnows and small accounts out there that are looking to get a return from curation whilst still doing good deeds for the platform and rewarding a large range of authors.
What you can be guaranteed of is that you are voting on manually curated, original and quality (even if you can't read it) content produced by people who go largely unrewarded in the system. There are the two core posts to vote on and about 15-20 other opportunities so you can take your pick of the selection or, if you have a vote slider or use Busy.org, spread the love in smaller percentages.
When you vote early enough on the linked posts in the
If you would like to be curated by the team, they look for quality original content and it may help if you use the ocd-resteem tag from time to time to grab their attention. Remember, there are only 30 or so of them and they have their own blogs to build and lives to live also, so check them out too if they happen to leave a note on your work.
For me, someone who doesn't have a great deal of time to search for lots of original content, it feel good to still be able to reward some of them in some way rather than just the usual suspects in my circles. Most of the time, my voting power is smashed but I always try to add something. A few cents here or there are going to add up for people in the long run and this goes for curation returns too.
Currently, Steem price is at about 6.50 US and with about 500 SP, you can get a Steem or two if you curate well. Perhaps not so much at the moment but, in a year from now, that may really mean something significant to you and your monthly earnings. It also means you can learn what kind of content they look for and perhaps you can get some ideas to create and develop your own. A few curations from
What I like about the curators there is that they take their work seriously and spend a lot of energy to find content and help as many as they can. It isn't always easy and they are rarely recognised for the work they do. So thank them if you see them, not just if they curate you, but for helping the platform in general.
Anyway, I have already curated the
Taraz
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Edit: I changed the image just in case people thought it was ocd by some accident.