I always thought autovotes were users voting on their own posts.
I've been enlightened.
I use hive.vote and schedule votes for half a dozen users who share excellent posts and communities that do an excellent job of creating highlights daily. This half dozen isn't fixed; I alternate them from week to week.
I do this for a very simple reason: besides the content deserving votes for its quality, they publish in a different time zone than mine. And I don't want to lose the power of my vote. In other words, I don't want to be voting after the large curation groups or whales.
That's my strategy for autovoting. Even so, when I wake up, I check the posts I autovoted on. If there's anything I don't like, I have 7 days to remove the vote.
I don't think I'm doing anything wrong or harming the ecosystem.
However, I'm not sure about that because my account isn't two years old. Those who have been around longer, if you see that my strategy isn't correct, feel free to comment and clarify.
Thank you.