Please do not upvote this post. This is a test to see how many votes I can receive from bots.
Autovoting is the process of upvoting content based solely on the author or other voters. Statistically good posters will continue to produce good content and the best way to get a cut of it is to vote for them "sight unseen". If it turns out the content is rubbish, then you can remove your vote or downvote them later.
This process can create a self fulfilling prophesy. Everyone piles on the upvote bandwagon because there is a high probability that everyone else will pile on. This type of behavior can undermine the curation system while simultaneously discouraging outsiders.
More on this later... I don't want to add content worth voting up.