RE: Learn TACTICAL CURATION & why it isn't always best to vote for the popular Steemians!
I know what you mean about spreading the love amongst comments. It feels right to do it when appropriate. Even though you know it is unlikely you will receive any reward for doing so.
And yes, the Guild are amazing! They've been around since I started. And I used them a bunch to boost me many times before my rep went above 52. I owe them big time.
Am working on the creation of a Guild of my own now. Designed to curate the work of those who are being guided by my Bali Steemit School, all of whom will fit perfectly into the optimum reward category. Perhaps you might be interested in joining this guild? I am looking for a total of 12 people willing to gives upvotes at the value of $1 to our selected posts before resteeming them.
Everyone involved will benefit and as the power of our guild grows we will be able to look beyond those who have been trained by my Bali Steemit school!
unfortunately Sam my votes aren't quite worth that much yet (though they were worth nearly $2 each for a while after HF19), that was kind of cool! :)
Also, I don't tend to be a big resteemer, not directly at least because of the feed clutter. I generally prefer to "resteem" post links in my comments and posts (when relevant, of course). Sort of like my version of a resteem with added "color". Granted, I've resteemed a bit more though since I released "Hide ReSteems", but of course it's not something most people are using, well, not yet at least!
Are you also planning to post summaries as well, sort of like @happyphoenix does? I've found his posts great at catching and upvoting posts that I may have otherwise missed earlier on. Of course, that doesn't work to "maximize" curation rewards, but for me it's all good nonetheless. :)