hmm i never used an autovoter and i probably never will ( never say never), ok maybe if i have no time and do as you said so. In general i try to upvote post that like and i take some time to read those post or at least read the most of it, i think that's what is supposed to be steemit about. interact with other and learn new things. If we just use autovoters it not only drain the reward pool but it will become a dead community.
I completely agree with what you are suggesting
It is an odd balance to consider. you want to engage with everyone. Of course you do! that's why we are here! But the longer we are here, and the more people we want to follow, the harder it is to have time for everything.
I think autovotes can have their place, but there should be a check and balance system to ensure that it is not being abused.
yes you are right, you can balance it somehow with 100-300 max followers if they make a post 1 per day (at to least to check most of them) but steemit isnt about 50.000 any more, we got more than 500.000 so that's why i totally agree with your suggestion. It's the best possible way to try and keep some balance