Could you post a blog about your vote farming drama? Sounds like an interesting read.

BTW, I also like automatic voting. You make friends on blurt and sometimes you read content that from people you eventually get to know. It comes to a point where voting becomes tedious and it's easier to just automatically vote people that you're going to vote for anyway. Also, I like being able to follow my own votes. That is, whatever I've voted on, I go and read. It's a little backwards, but I like the idea of selecting people I want to automatically vote. I read their content later. If I don't like it, I unvote it or remove my vote. It's just easier and less of a bother.