I think this is what got me a bit irritated. That's all well and good, but (no offense) people like you don't know what it's like to lose six figures

Well, Steem isn't the only place people lose 6 figures in investments. Some of us only keep Steem at a miniscule percentage (like <2%) of our total portfolio. Then, you have people with millions of SP who dropped 90% of their net worth (so they claim) into this platform alone.

Some of our bigger flaggers with 6-digit SPs have lost quite a bit, but they are just chugging along, trying to be more involved and make things better.

If they would increase curation rewards while they are at it, I think there could be some things to it. I mean, hell, you could always join Trevon's Back Scratchers lol