We're still getting 100% of what's ours. A better deal to the consumer. They can invest, rather than spend and continuously burn money. Then I can go out and vote, and make up for some of these "lost" rewards. If this encourages more to buy Steem and hold it, then the value of these posts rises. I suppose the creators who don't really treat the place like a business will want to stop. Many didn't hold their tokens, so they're not in a position to earn with curation. We're all responsible for our own decisions. It's quiet now, meaning less competition and the value is low, so that means it's easier to earn more Steem. That's how many of us made thousands early on. Holding then cash out small percentages at high value times.

I like photography posts. I prefer magazine article style though, especially when voting. People buy magazines, so there's value there, in my eyes. Nobody buys a social media post. I still look from time to time but I get annoyed clicking photo post after photo post and only seeing one photo and no words. Then I look at the blog and they've been at it all day. One post with several photos and words would have been less effort, and earns more. The rest is spam and clutters up the feeds. If the site was organized better, that wouldn't be much of a problem. Some of those five minute free writes bug me. I think this response took five minutes. My post took over ten hours. Will my response earn as much as the post? Probably not! LOL!