People with large SP holdings need to post every day to take full advantage of the stake they have built up or paid for. You can't really blame them for shit posting when they will get the same level of reward whether they post a one-liner question such as "How are you feeling today?" or spend some time writing something more meaningful. It's their stake and they would be stupid to sacrifice a daily payment simply because they had nothing meaningful to say. The system itself encourages shit posts and for someone who holds say 500,000 SP it would be foolish for them to not post something at least once a day and upvote themselves. I agree with your points in principle but in reality, a lot of people on here post every day simply because if they don't they lose money. If I earned $50-100 a post by upvoting myself while still curating I would be posting one line shit posts at least 3 times a week simply because my life isn't interesting enough and I don't have the skills/drive to post something decent every day.