Where are you seeing great posts not getting rewards and 30 word posts getting 10x more? How can you even compare it to Steem where there's literally just vote-selling/trading and sockpuppetry going on with little curation from steemit delegations?

People do care about content curation, check the Hive account@ocd and Hive account@ocdb accounts, I'm the one casting votes from it daily and hopefully we can cast even more in the future with more users and a higher price.

There is nothing like Hive out there where newcomers can instantly see their first rewards and those who try can eventually get constant rewards. Having said that, not everyone is meant to be a content creator. Are they having an easier time on youtube/facebook/etc to earn their first check?