I do prefer manual curation and do not use any form of autmation in that area. The sad fact is automation is the best way to optimize your profits in this case. Original content and quality are secondary when profit is concerned. The best way for manual curation to be rewarded is by content posters to upvote comments that are relevant to the post.
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The last point you make is interesting. As a large SP power, it's not really true for me, but I can see how that makes total sense for most curators that aren't whales/dolphins, especially if they are commenting on posters who have a lot of steem power to throw around (like me). I generally do exactly that, although I decided to withhold my voting on comments to a little later in the post's lifetime on this particular post.
Consistently, 2/3 to 3/4 of my rewards are from comments.
I know of no one else in this situation, but I also read all comments, and I don't now anyone else that does that either.
It makes a world of difference for new people trying to get established and known by the community.