I looked at Steemvoter's site, and their FAQ is very sparse.
What is the algorithm used for voting? Is algorithmic voting preferred over real people curating?
I'm just a bit skeptical and since I'm new, I don't really understand why automating this is the way to go. Perhaps someone can enlighten me.
Its a good question, and you really do have to figure out a lot on your own. Generally, the benefit to automating curation is to optimize the curation rewards you get in voting the authors you planned on voting anyways. Since it is generally more to your benefit to upvote early (within the first 30 minutes or so), you can set custom rules to allow a bot to do your voting for you. This is basically a step by step guide by @cryptomancer, one of the owners of the service.