Well johal has his entire 1M SP delegated to @ocdb, which manually curates, so that's one huge account who won't be auto-voting in a hurry!

I think if people return they're in for a shock in terms of decreased earnings! Especially if you track your post earnings compared to curation earnings.

More likely is new people coming in and the reward pool being distributed more widely that way I think!

But as you say, as long as it's content that deserves it getting rewarded, that's fine!

While we're on the subject, there are very few people I miss, more who I am glad have stopped posting!