As many of us do, I have wide interests. I can also appreciate content for a wide array of reasons, and be likewise critical. I post stuff that I feel has at least some worthy content. If I wasted my time I won't waste yours. Initially I was more selective but that wore off within a month or so as the masses were unpredictable and often voted for stuff that wasn't as good as what I'd take lots of time to present. I still don't care about the points and I'd like to be able to rate my votes and my own content if only to indicate how important I think it is. I add A+++ to the really good ones, usually to no effect. Now, if it's not junk, I throw it in to see what sticks. Low effort images and quotes always seem to win.

I used to complain about pooling. It's not changed. And I'm as guilty as anyone of making it worse. Checking the top posts only is a very crude filter, but at least it's a filter. And now I vote for almost everything I look at just to flag it as viewed. Sad. Bigly.