Thats a really good point from both of u, i try to look new acc's and the fresh post around (normally spanish ones) with the Ecency make feel i'm doing something for someone, if they take time to write/load pictures/etc... Why not take the time to have a look, sometimes to save mana i vote 1% just to make them feel "hey i see this" between many trash post with AI talking about tokens it's good to feel that human side of blockchain.
Curation trails are good, hive-vote is good for sure, but as u say at certain %.