hmm nice point of view , i used both i use steemauto for some people inside the steemGC most of time cause i can't see all the post sadly , and its help to support them without be on the platform because i believe in their future project (and not like some people who upvote only for get curator reward) , but genelly i pref stay manual curator, just for read some nice post by the way. i think i got only 7/ 7 people autoupvoted at 30%.
totally agree you're vision on people stop caring about interaction and and when they take it for granted because they got autovote.
i wanna try to power up too the most i can , but the half of my reward going to pay my rents.
I think we're all a litle bit lost , we don't know where we go , but i want to believe more people can belive in the platform like you.
I don't wanna bribe you , but you're a kid of exemple for lot of people on the platform
and what you make is great.
I want to say go where you want to go without forget your own ethics.
(sorry bad english) :D