Thanks for stopping by. You are welcome to curate the content you want based on your own criteria. HIVE is free to use and you are free to post what you want. By free to post what you want, I mean no one can stop you from posting. If you post spam or plagiarism or anything someone finds "offensive/abusive" sometimes this content will get downvoted by other users.

Unfortunately, the reward pool is not free and each curator is going to use their stake as they wish.

What you are likely seeing on the upvote related to rating is just a coincidence. "Good" stakeholders tend to get higher upvotes. A "good" stakeholder is VERY subjective. Typically "good" stakeholders have high ratings but that is not always the case.

I will curate based on what I said above. The size of my upvotes and or downvotes is subjective based on my interpretation. I am one stakeholder and many people will have different criteria than me.

Good luck on HIVE!