I keep seeing this poppycock everywhere. "It's not about taking away creator's rewards, but about getting people to use their stake in a positive manner." This nothing more that an attempt to reframe the simple truth. You are taking rewards away from the creators, the very people you need to drive the platform.
Then, the next brilliant step in your plan to reorient rewards is to incentivizing curation. Curation of what exactly? The supposed shit content you're saying dominates the platform? This is nonsensical. When I part with my time or money on a product it's because I want it more than my time or money because I value that thing or things more. If the content is so shitty now, why would incentivizing people to curate shit lead to a better platform? Imagine this same dynamic with sandwiches.
CUSTOMER: Hi! How are your sandwiches?
YOU: They're shit, but we'll pay you to eat them.
CUSTOMER: Yeah, but they're made of shit.
YOU: Okay, right. I see where you're coming from, but we're paying you to go eat it in hopes that you'll find more shit for other people.
CUSTOMER: Do you actually pay people to make this shit?
YOU: Yeah, but we pay you the exact same for eating it. Fair, right?
Do you really think this kind of shit going to work?
There is one reason and one reason alone people aren't flocking to Steem and it's not the rewards structure, it's ease of use. Every single person I've gotten onto the platform gave me the same reasons for leaving and it wasn't the rewards structure for shit sandwiches. It was about ease of use! That's it!
You have to stop thinking economically and start thinking experientially! Steem is hard to use for most people. It's confusing and the initial exploration is extremely frustrating and so they leave within about two days. TWO DAYS!
So please, stop trying to sell me your shit.