Hey @denmarkguy, thanks so much for starting this series! Really happy to read about it and looking forward to more.

You've really dissected the idea of "value" here, a lot of good points. I agree with your analysis, value is important it's what signals to people it's a good place to be, while also of course actually making it a good place to be.

Given that most sites that ignore the importance of providing value and quality shut down should we be more concerned about the caliber of content we put before people? Or should we just take the "Facebook approach" and say "everything goes?" Keeping in mind, of course, that Facebook regularly closes the accounts of spammers and "controversial" people.

Everything must go here. What we're really asking for is conscious curation. Steemit employ this cliché - Money talks - and it's true, what gets talked about most is what gets rewarded. It's up to us to curate well.

And so we need a seem that values curators! So I suggest that the promotion of "value" goes hand in hand with curator support. One thing that I think would support curators more is a greater reward share going to them. I'm in favor of a 50/50 (or near) split, as well as some other adjustments.