Haha! Love the energy in your paragraphs. I love to write too. And I come here to write. Autoupvotes are the trust people show in you. In your content. And they are more than happy to vote without reading. Plus, if they vote first, they earn curation rewards. And "other" people follow the main account who votes you (trailing)... that is why you are receiving bulk votes. It multiplies. Adds up. And comes in hundreds.
So let your content do its thing. Let it breathe. And shine. Rest shouldn't matter.
Oh! so this is normal, this isn't an upvotebank or something that this whale was posting about? Makes me feel better. Regardless, I'll keep writing :)
I don't know the reference but yes... they see good content and they want it. And they vote it. Initially, they do it manually. And then automate it. Like a fish in the ocean, they want you to swim.
I want to swim too :) Thank you for the help and clarification!