I'm gonna have to agree with @kencode But I'll take it a couple of more steps further. The automating on Hive is it's biggest down fall. When you give that power to someone else, especially if you do not know their intentions, and you inadvertently join a down vote trail that does nothing but destroy new users. Add in the fact that if you auto upvoting peoples content without actually consuming the content you are basically telling that user that you dont care about their content. As an audio/video content creator myself. I have gotten lots of posts with huge payouts with 0-5 views/listens on it. Hundreds of upvotes but no actual views. I often think to myself "Why do I do these?"
The only thing you should automate on Hive is the claiming of rewards.
If someone dont have time to consume the content on Hive and must use automation to up/down vote posts then they dont have time for social media. Auto votes are a load of crap that gives users a false sense of the reality of thier audience. The user then starts tailoring their content to what they think the bots want. And then starts just pounding out crap content that nobody is really consuming. New users come in and start doing the same.
If you want to improve the quality of content, increase new user retention and onboard even more users. Get rid of auto voters and the self appointed gate keepers that wield destructive power with down vote trails.
RE: Retention of Brand New Users on Hive