I kind of think this this curation system is kind of messed up, some portion of it seems to have some unpleasant popularity contest/snowball effect hints. Though with that said a good chunk of worthwhile posts make it through. May considering only upvoting what you like - unless you want to make money, then just play the game like everyone else does. Unfortunately it appears that voting strategies that optimize profit and ones that maximize quality of content are mutually exclusive. Though I assume there is a medium somewhere (clearly, many of the bloggers here who are popular make great content and deserve upvotes.)