I see that you also offer a curation trail. As my most recent post explains, I don't really get what those are. Can you explain the advantages of joining one? To me it just means I don't get to curate as much myself because some of my VP usage is being decided by someone else.

Also I clicked something to join the 20+ channel on discord that took me through steemconnect for my posting permission, but don't see what that has changed either. I still can't post to that channel. Just want to make sure I didn't join a curation trail. I'd rather curate myself, and appreciate posts like this one that summarize "best of" in a way I can easily check them out and pick ones I particularly like.

Thanks for any clarification.