All of the DW, Twitter feed, actfit, and so forth spam is getting really out of hand so I get not wanting to automate.
I think that a requirement to post is completely acceptable. IMO I want to support content producers so if someone isn't posting I see no reason to support them. But the nice thing is we can all take different approaches and cover a lot of ground.
I've updated my comment with some conditions:
Also, I am following up more closely, and react sooner when they haven't posted in a while.