We often talk about quality as a prerequisite when it comes to posts on STEEM. But quality, outside of certain parameters such as grammar and coherency are fairly subjective. A lot of times it boils down to the types of subject matter that we are interested in and like to read about.

Since the economic improvement proposal (EIP) is most likely being added to the next hardfork, it would seem important for any creators/authors who want to continue to know what curators are interested in.

Many who curate don't do it manually, but they do autovote, and some of that is either through a curation trail, where there can be specific topics allowed for curation, or they can autovote on their own, based on the types of posts creators have put out previously.

There are also those who mainly curate posts from people they like, or who are new to STEEM and need some additional attention. It would seem that would be good for creators to know, as well, where the upvotes are as likely to go.

Without hundreds participating in this dpoll, it's not likely to provide enough information to determine what all of us who curate might enjoy, but as many who wish to participate—your answers are greatly appreciated.

So, what kind of posts interest you the most enough to either upvote/comment, or both? And do you mostly manually curate, or do you mostly autovote/follow a curation trail?

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STEEM specific—proposals, dApp, community, opinion, etc. (6.56%) 12 / 183 dAPP specific, such as news about and/or posts on dPoll, Musing, Actifit, Steemhunt, Dlike, etc. (6.01%) 11 / 183 Travel (6.01%) 11 / 183 Personal Life (anecdotes, events, everyday, etc.) (5.46%) 10 / 183 General crypto news (including STEEM) (5.46%) 10 / 183 Photography (4.92%) 9 / 183 Art (4.92%) 9 / 183 Contests (4.92%) 9 / 183 I mainly curate manually (4.92%) 9 / 183 Philosophical (4.37%) 8 / 183 General Investing (4.37%) 8 / 183 Educational (3.83%) 7 / 183 Humorous (3.28%) 6 / 183 Health (3.28%) 6 / 183 STEM (2.73%) 5 / 183 Inspirational (2.73%) 5 / 183 Sports (2.73%) 5 / 183 Homesteading/Gardening/Prep (2.73%) 5 / 183 I upvote more based on the person rather than the topic (2.73%) 5 / 183 Fiction (2.19%) 4 / 183 Memes (2.19%) 4 / 183 Activism/awareness (2.19%) 4 / 183 Religious (1.64%) 3 / 183 Political (1.64%) 3 / 183 Videos (non-music) (1.09%) 2 / 183 Music (video or just sound made by users) (1.09%) 2 / 183 Historical (1.09%) 2 / 183 Entertainment News (1.09%) 2 / 183 Cars (1.09%) 2 / 183 I mainly autovote/follow a curation trail (1.09%) 2 / 183 Gambling (0.55%) 1 / 183 Other (please specify) (0.55%) 1 / 183 I mainly upvote red fish and minnows because they need the help most (0.55%) 1 / 183