It looks like the old Autovoting Yes Or No debate is on the rise again.

Well, I won't be the judge whether is it good or bad for the community, rewards pool, whatever, ... I can only tell you my own experience then you decide if it applies to you and if you can learn from it.

Autovoting is convenient for several reasons as you might know by yourself now. It also goes against the spirit of curation which is rewarding with your vote the content which you personally find worthy.

Enough of philosophy. Let's go to details.

I am a user of two autovoting services: SteemVoter and Streemian Curation Trail.

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SteemVoter

The idea is simple and straightforward. You set a list of accounts for which you vote automatically. You decide when (how long after the post has been published) and how much (the percentage of your voting power). Then the service does the work for you.

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Streemian Curation Trail

Here the approach is a bit more complicated. Officially:

Here, you can use your account to help curate valuable content on Steem. You can act as a curator that picks valuable content, or support your favorite curators as a follower that helps raise awareness for this content.

In short, you follow a curator (five max). Whatever this curator upvotes, you upvote too.

So, Streemian trail is more about delegating your voting power than really voting with your own will.

Beware - both services drain your voting power!

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My Experience With SteemVoter

I love the easy setup and the straightforward approach. This way I can award the posts of my friends even if I miss their posts or am not around to check them in time.

I use it for select accounts, six to be exact. I autovote for the 100% 30 minutes after the publishing. And that's it.

Yes, my own account is among them.

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My Experience With Streemian Curation Trail

Since curators, that you are following, are established users with lot's of power, the posts that theyx pick, tend to get a lot of attention. Your vote can thus gain some curation rewards. Correct me if I am wrong.

Here you can also fine tune how much power will you vote with and whether will you vote on posts, comments, ...

This way you can consistently get curation rewards. But ... it drains your voting power!

I didn't use Streemian for a while. When I switched it back on I followed five of the top curators.

My voting power sunk from 99.5% to 33% in several days. Check it out for yourself.

Now I will switch it off to regain my voting power. Then I will start again with more careful approach.

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Any Other Options?

Are there any other autoposting services available that I am not aware of? Thanks for you advice and help!

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Further Reading

You might also read these posts from @klye:
I've Stopped Using Upvoting Automation...,
Don't Like The Way Some Auto-Voting Services Are Conducting Business? Build Your Own!
and @gavvet: a House Divided.

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Conclusion

As I've said there won't be any real conclusion. Except - know what you do and know your tools :)

What is your opinion and experience?

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Better and better!

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