I have not the slightest doubt that you have been able to surround yourself with the best and most of them who are like you.
Some of it is luck, some of it is work, some of it is how I have chosen to approach it but I have met some pretty decent people here who work tirelessly for this place.
So, it's aimed at everyone else. Because we can not help but think, not even for a single minute, that the majority here are not like you, nor like me, nor like all those you say you know pretty well.
There are all sorts much like the real world, the difference here is we see them all more easily.
That's right. We can see them all more easily here.
And that's why I selected a relative newcomer like @newageinv with his comment to elaborate my reply. I bet 95% of all steemians would never think in join an autovote trail/guild if they did not earn even a cent from curation rewards through those 'blind automatic' practices while they were absent.
In fact, I believe that the vast majority wouldn't move a finger and would not have the motivation or will to waste time in it if it were not to get them some kind of financial benefit in return.