I want to use these returns to help out newbies. A large portion of what I earn goes to the community accounts. The community accounts (which, by the way, actually don't have much delegated to these projects, as I pointed out in my post) use their earnings to give HSBI to people who post in the community. It's rewarding people using manual curation and this other form of rewards. There's more than one way to approach curation, and this was one that really seemed to vibe with people and keep them coming back. I liked seeing people encouraged by their growing rewards when they put consistent effort over time.
Evidently, having it done your way is more important than actually seeing community activity.
I never denied that there are people who will abuse the delegation projects, but when there's a beneficial use case for them, it should be considered on an individual basis. Imagine that - nuance can exist!