I totally agree! I feel there are so many minnows who would love to take their curation to the next level. I persanlly spend a load of time reading articles, leaving comments thought out and relative. And scan the "new" feed all the time looking for juicy posts.

Yet all I see is the issue you mention above. The same whales posting the same stuff with no actual effort and is it even original?

Spreading some SP out to some of the loyal minnows trying to make this platform huge would be of much benefit to the whales anyway. It is us, who make this site grow.