From the effect on the stats that happened when Steemit.com was down for almost a full day. Posts and comments collapsed in half, there was virtually no impact on votes and metrics that are a function of votes.
The logical conclusion is that posts and comments are the metric reflective of normal human usage, votes are largely bots which continued without interruption. Similar events in the past corroborate this.
From the effect on the stats that happened when Steemit.com was down for almost a full day. Posts and comments collapsed in half, there was virtually no impact on votes and metrics that are a function of votes.
The logical conclusion is that posts and comments are the metric reflective of normal human usage, votes are largely bots which continued without interruption. Similar events in the past corroborate this.