Thanks @paulag!

Yes, I agree curation, or the way in which great articles are found and shared, is critical.
I've thought for a while that the biggest improvement would be to change the way the Steemit interface is set up. The functionality should be changed to allow each user to organise and pin the articles they choose on their own blog page, e.g:

• These are my recent articles
• These are my favourite recent bisteemit articles
• These are my favourite fiction articles etc

It would mean each user could also be a curie-style curator. It's not so different from resteeming, but if it were also possible by theme, you would visit the blogs of the people who dug out good content on the themes that interested you. Possibly even with some form of click-through revenue. Hopefully this kind of improvement is part of the communities hardfork when it arrives.

I do plan to enter the contest also! I need to write the final part of the curation guide trilogy, then I'll throw them in the ring as a complete set. Hopefully in the next day or so!