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Well, I don't know if I would categorize curation as non-existent (even five upvotes, while low, is something), but it sounds like the bigger question is, are we waiting for Musing to curate?

I can't speak for everyone else, but in my case, I am and I'm not.

I've been trying to continue to curate as I did prior to Musing effectively shutting down upvotes thanks to the loss of their delegation from Steemit. However, my curation rewards will not get the return they were with Musing upvoting, too. So, I think I should continue to try to curate, but I'm also needing to adjust how I do that, which affects the percentage I upvote and then how often I can upvote.

Now that Musing's voting power is back to 100%, I hope they decide to return to curating soon, even without the delegation. It would be like it was before they had it.

I don't like to leave anything I upvote with less than $0.03, especially a post, comment, question or answer that isn't likely to get more, but that isn't necessarily the case where I feel more upvoting will occur. So, there is some strategy involved beyond once I've determined if I will curate something or not.

A couple of reasons why Steemhunt and other dApps might be enjoying more success with user curation than what Musing has been able to muster, especially now:

—Steemhunt, Dtube, and some other dApps have been around longer. in some cases, quite a bit longer. Steemhunt is over a year old (10-2017) and also received a large delegation back in July of last year. So, it's had more time to create a following, and it's also had an opportunity to reward users longer, since Steemhunt also curates.

Meanwhile, Musing came on board in May of last year and received a delegation back at the end of October. That means it had it for less than three months before it was revoked. While I believe we saw some sort of uptick in users over that period, it's not a whole lot of time to build an active community, especially among those who were attracted to the upvotes, and not necessarily committed to the platform. It can take time for that to happen unless a user is naturally inclined to asking questions and providing answers.

—In some ways, answers and questions can be harder to gauge what to upvote and what not to upvote, and then decide how much. There is a value factor that is rather undefined, but seems to drive what happens on the STEEM blockchain regardless. I think we instinctually upvote posts more frequently and with more Voting Power than we do comments, or for that matter, answers and questions, because we have an idea of how long each of that takes, how well they're written, what we get out of them, etc.

So, that could be coming into play, too, along Musing being a short time dApp, with a smaller following, potentially comprised of a higher percentage of newer users, who might still need to be schooled in the ways of curation, and who are content to receive a Musing upvote in and of itself.

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adamada (63) 5 years ago

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hermannsol (63) 5 years ago

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ijoel (61) 5 years ago

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maxwellnewlife7 (8) 5 years ago

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ohmygoodness (64) 5 years ago

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chireerocks (72) 5 years ago

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sweven (50) 5 years ago

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rok-sivante (75) 5 years ago

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adamada (63) 5 years ago

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glenalbrethsen (68) 5 years ago (edited)

According to different sources I've read, there are more men in the world than women. However, depending on which country you live in, this ratio could be reversed.

According to the 2017 estimate by the CIA's World Factbook, the ratio of men to women in the world was 1.015 : 1. Or, for every 100 women, there were 101.5 men. In terms of total worldwide population, there were a little over 55 million more men.

As previously stated, this ratio will change depending on what country you live in, but it is also important to note that there are significant differences depending on age, as well. I mention this because there are typical ages where males and females look to be married, and so the male to female ratio per country in that age range becomes important. It also may be why the perception persists that there are more women than men.

However, worldwide, the ratio of males to females is 1.03 : 1 at birth, then bumps up immediately to 1.07 : 1 after birth and through age 24. From age 25 on, though, the male advantage declines significantly, with the 25-54 age range falling to 1.02 : 1, followed by a complete reversal at 55 years and over, where women outnumber men 1.14 : 1.

What causes this reversal? As others have noted, there are plenty of different factors, which include the male propensity to take part in wars, mortal violence, hard manual labor, accidents and other risky behaviors, such as excessive drinking, smoking, drugs, overeating, etc.

If these activities don't kill males in the earlier stages of life, they still tend to shorten life expectancy. Because of this, and no doubt other hereditary, environmental and biological factors, women generally will outlive men by four years (71-67).

It should be noted here that even with demographics, worldwide, the number of men and women is within a percentage point, (0.8%), meaning that aside from what might be happening locally, the balance male to female is still relatively close.

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