def agree something needs to be done and yes, curation doesnt pay unless you really have enough experience to play with it. i'm thinking 50/50 might be easier to do, but the issue is once you change the percentages you will also on-board a lot more people hoping to get rich off of it, hence competition. plus you will change the nature of articles we are seeing. personally i see no benefit to writing a longer article. not only do people not want to read it, imho they earn less unless that person enjoys a huge following. so we need to reward not only for curation but also for quality, not just with curie and other curation bots, but with educating people on what comparative quality is and how to reward it proportionately. one thing ive seen on busy.org is a better slider to set rewards. i am constantly wanting to adjust percentages, and the steemit system is... lacking. not that it will happen anytime soon, but i suggest a number of positions that can be preset. getting off topic i know but very good post for further discussion