Also, seems that whether people were autovoted or organically voted, your point would still be a problem. Think about what you're saying, of course it's a popularity contest. It's up to the people to decide what they deem to be popular. Same as an election. We have the candidates, we have the choice to choose. It doesn't matter if it's done automatically or organically. We choose who we want to put our trust in.
When you elect a political member, you vote once and trust they will live up to your expectations. It's the same clicking a button on autovote. They have gained your favor and now you put your trust in them to continue to bring about the same content you valued.
The difference is, unlike in our current system, we are not stuck forever with our decision as a quick un-click of the auto, turns off our voting for them if they slip or we no longer support them. No problem.
This should answer your concern.
Don't feel compelled to answer. If you reread my original post it expressed opposition to what you advocate. It did not attack you personally and it did not attack your blog post. It only attacked what you advocate.
Apparently, you are a woman. But you are on a platform that conceals gender. So you should not take offense when some rough man like me speaks to you as he would speak to another rough man. Men do not interact with each other in the same way that they interact with women, or in the way that women interact with other women.