I think you make some valid points. I didn't start upvoting until I got my slider, mostly because I just didn't think of it LOL.. But now I vote for myself and everyone else. At the moment I've lost my slider because I had to power down a little, at the same time I set up autovotes because I was getting too short of time trying to be sure to vote from everyone. So my auto votes are happening but I don't know how they're affected by the loss of my slider.