It's been a while since I looked at some of the curation options for the various tokens in the Hive ecosystem. There have been some changes since my last post on the matter, so let's update everything.
All of us have handfuls of these tokens. Many of us sell them on the open market, but many others hold on to them. Having all these tokens is great for Hive, but it does present a rather large problem: since voting power is linked between these tribes, if we want to curate, we can't effectively do so in all of them and Hive itself.
One solution to this problem is create new accounts for every tribe we want to curate in and delegate the token to that account. The popular way to do this is use our hive name.tribe. I'm sure we can all see these all over. I even have one (
Another solution is to delegate the token to mass curation accounts. They then do the curation and send us back the profit, minus a fee for their service. It is these services that I want to look at in this post.
There are now, as far as I know, three large curation services. 1) Cartel 2) Bro 3) LOLZ. Cartel pays you back in the token you delegate. Bro and LOLZ pay you back in their own token, which is BRO and LOLZ.
Let's go through these. I'll start with the simplest to use.
BRO
EDIT: A week after I published this, Brofi died. Unfortunately the guy who coded it has been MIA from Hive for a number of months and many of his services across Hive are starting to break, Brofi among them. 
BRO is run by
Bro is simple. Delegate almost anything to 
ALIVE, ASH, BLQ, BUILD, CCC, CENT, CINE, CTP, FOODIE, INFOWARS, JAHM, KANDA, LASSIECASH, LEO, LIST, LOTUS, MEME, NEOXAG, PAL, PALM, PALMM, POB, SAND, SPACO, SPORTS, SPT, STEM, VIBES, WAIV, WEED, WORKERBEE
Now keep in mind that some of these pay very little, so if you'd like to delegate to
Cartel
Cartel, run by 
| Token | Curation Account |
|---|---|
| BEE |  |
| CCC |  |
| CINE |  |
| CTP |  |
| LEO |  |
| MEME |  |
| NEOXAG |  |
| ONEUP |  |
| PAL |  |
| PIMP |  |
| POB |  |
| SPT |  |
| VIBES |  |
| VYB |  |
| WEED |  |
For example, say I have some MEME that I want to delegate. I would delegate it to
Since the last time I posted about this subject, they have added
LOLZ
LOLZ is run by 
This is a little like BRO in that they only pay you in their own token LOLZ, and it's a little like Cartel in that they have many accounts and you have to delegate the correct token to the correct account.
Here is a list:
| Token | Curation Account |
|---|---|
| ALIVE |  |
| BEATZ |  |
| BEE |  |
| CENT |  |
| CINE |  |
| CTP |  |
| DUNK |  |
| LIST |  |
| MEME | |
| MEME |  |
| NEOXAG |  |
| ONEUP |  |
| PIMP |  |
| SPORTS |  |
| SPT |  |
| THGAMING |  |
| VIBES |  |
| WAIV |  |
| WEED |  |
There are a few additional things LOLZ offers, but they are outside what I'm covering here. If interested, go read about them.
Smaller Players
There is also 
(if you want auto turned off, send a .001 LEO memo with the message "manual")
If you have WORKERBEE you can also delegate it to 
Conclusion
Well, that's about it. If I missed any, please let me know. I am always looking to add new services to my master list.
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