[steveklabnik]

> Isn't the value of this site that humans curate what is posted?

The value of this site is that interesting things get posted. Them being from a human is not inherently required. I do think that it's more likely to be the case when it comes from a human, but that's secondary.

Also, I would argue that upvoting is more important to curation than submission.

> Or is automating submissions not a form of abuse?

I do not believe it is inherently a form of abuse. The site guidelines do not prohibit automatic submissions, for example. If they did, then yeah, I'd say it's not a good thing to do.