I've read a few criticisms of Curie recently, and wondered. I qualified for it once, but only once, so I don't have much of an axe to grind.

The main complaint (other than a skeptical , "The curators are probably raking in millions"), seems to be, "This hammer doesn't work very well for turning screws, so it's not a very good hammer."

We need a wide range of active human curation to change the course of Steemit from a random chance bot farm to a viable community that is building value for STEEM by creating valuable content.