This is very helpful! Thank you!!!
I need to crunch some numbers now lol.
Also, one more thing I want to address, is the manual curator VS automated curator.
It's actually very possible to be both! (given you have adequate SP).
How is this possible?
I'll use myself as an example. I have an @imaginary-friend who helps me automate votes for other users. (this is the plan anyways).
Delegation to my @imaginary-friend, while utilizing my main account as a manual curator, gives the best of both worlds!
Unfortunately, I don't think I have enough SP to make this a reality at this time, but I am working on it.
I really appreciate the response and help @flugschwein
Thank you!