Before hf19, I had experimented with using bot voting as well as manual voting. My vote counted for only about one cent however, so the curation rewards were usually very low. With hf19, the value of my vote is potentially around 50 cents but with only approximately 10 full powered votes availabile each day at 100%, voting with bots makes less sense. Instead, I have been more sparing with my votes but have spread them around to more minnows than before.
I saw a debate about this subject. All Steemians appear to upvote their own blogs when they tick the relevant box on posting but since hf19 there has been more upvoting by Steemians of their own comments. Is this "ethical"? In my view, it is on a par with buying a vote from 
Post hf19, I understand that we should still aim to upvote a blog at between 20 to 30 minutes to maximise our own portion of the reward for voting. We should also aim to vote within the first six and a half days. In the last 12 hours of the 7 day period, the vote will not count in terms of financial reward. Please correct me if I am wrong here 🙂
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Hf19 has been a huge improvement to the Steemit experience for the majority of minnows and dolphins 🐬. It encourages less bot voting, curating is financially more rewarding, the financial returns from an upvote are generally higher even with fewer votes and overall there is less inequality, which can only be a good thing for the future of Steemit 😊
I welcome your input and views, 
