Personally I checked in on my comments pane every now and then, as the MM always upvotes the comments he's acted on.
If only eSteem worked well enough to always give the voting notifications 😅
It could be possible to make a small script that watches a single post for changes I think. Kind of like a daemon running in the background and getting the post every now and then, and checking if it's changed compared to what's in memory.
But it'd be a bit of a bother to make 😅
As for rewards distribution, that's how I see it too. Just hope I get a good share for finding the first half of the coins 😇😈
This is what I use. I have a busy schedule (kids, work, grad class) so using the Ginabot is a life saver. She operates on discord.