Agreed. It's fighting a bit of an uphill battle with all those established sites like Reddit and Facebook. Just getting a few pennies, if that, is not really an incentive. The could have left the counters displayed as points but instead they choose to convert it to USD. That says they are trying to use money to attract people.
If there was a max value on votes, it will really level the playing field but it may encourage people to"cash out". That could result in drop in value of the coin. But then again... There is already a restriction on how fast people can power down... Just thinking out loud.
Maybe create a better way to organise and find content. Maybe let people create some groups. Also, the 7 day window to get curation votes feel a bit artificially imposed imho. Could be essential to simplify the monetary aspect though.
RE: I am so bored... I upvoted every comment I made within the last 7 days...