Yes, @good-karma and @pharesim are great guys. Just concerned with the upvotes, not necessarily the time. good-karma voted immediately after your post with the esteem app, so it is almost obvious he gets next to nothing from curation but encouragement of some users to continue using the app or even continue staying on steemit and enjoy the upvotes from him and his trail before they hit their audience.

Thanks for this analytical post @abd12345. I have experimented this before and found out the intricacies behind curation and it's rewards. This is especially why I make sure to use @minnowbooster (if need be) within the 1st to 3rd minute of my post to get maximum benefits from it.