I totally agree, 11 % is too high if your post is not curated by 3speak. In Kerala for that, we say like "pichha chattill ki ittu varuka".
That's not all, the interface of 3speak sucks (post preview has zero logic, I don't even know how to upload images using the 3speak interface, and overall congested feeling while using it), file size limitations and encoding failure are also annoying (you will lose everything that you wrote).
I would say that, they should reduce it to 1-5% max. So that those people who don't get curated by 3speak won't get affected.
3speak if you are seeing this please make some logic in the writing section. Who wants to see the thumbnail of the video, while writing their blogs. Instead, place the video on top and provide a post preview on the right side like peakd and ecency.