I guess I was talking specifically about the likes of autovoting using Steemvoter.com. I've been all over the Steemvoter website and their user page, but can't find any reference to their user base. My personal experience is I came to Steemit through YouTube. By my second day on Steemit on the recommendation of Trevon James and Craig Grant, I was setting up Steemvoter before I even knew what I was doing, it was almost a natural part of getting started on Steemit. Given these guys power in the Steemit community and as conduits into Steemit from their other social media platform followings I can see quite a few newbies are running it. Two of Trevon James' top 3 videos mention it. Of course it probably matters more if the dolphins and whales are using it than the newbies as their influence can propel a post to stardom in no time. I'm not criticising too strongly, but if they all engage in this mutual back scratching, then they risk killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Don't be lazy whales, get stuck into the new posts and weed out the good ones. In the interests of full disclosure, I should state that I weened myself off Steemvoter within a couple of days and that I am no longer a user.