I have curated manually since the beginning of time. I often feel I am missing out on the automation that so many enjoy and some opportunities are passing me by but it is what it is.
I check steemworld every day for comments, followers and mentions. I manually check my posts and try and upvote/respond to every post. I browse my feed made up of over 200 authors and am here for the networking, learning, and increasing my stake through engagement.
I do miss posts sometimes and probably drop off the radar of some friends due to differing schedules. I may have to look into automating some of that but am happy with the manual curation and journey here.
Upvoting and Flagging Since the Primordial Stew™️
Regarding missing out, sometimes I consider that I could have leveraged my stake differently had I given into the autovoters.
My account would probably be worth more, but what I enjoy is the people!