Yet I do suspect some people are having the "backup, don't get too close" type of thoughts going through their heads as they wait for the hand of God to smite me.
lol, this gave me a chuckle.
My main concern with this mentality in Proof Of Brain is that many are motivated by fear because survival from rewards is present. This compromises the PoB mechanics and gives power of influence to those with increasingly growing stakes ("you'll lose my support if you don't share my point of view").
I waited and noticed the auto-vote he was talking about didn't happen. I took the time to go back and tell him it looked like the person he pointed out listened.
As far as I can tell, @richardcrill has a 1 vote per 24-hour limit on his followed authors. He's made adjustments to his autovotes multiple times since the beginning of proofofbrain, I am sure he'll do it again (if this will be reactive or not, I do not know as I have never spoken to him either).