The minimum payout threshold used to be 0.01 BTC, however the FAQ now says 0.05 BTC. This is why people including me thought that automatic payouts are not happening.
This is higher threshold unfair to most of us, who are small miners and would take a week or more to get to this threshold. Slush, please go back to the original minimum threshold of 0.01.
Kabopar
I agree - and did not notice the change

It will take me almost a week before I get a payout.