it's a casual comment - no one know if it will or not. "prevent" might be too strong a word, but, certainly it is frowned upon by many, so, maybe it slows down or inhibits forming networks?
I have newbies that vote on my posts and that got my attention and if I find them to be voting with discernment, I'll upvote them with a minimum of $0.03 and often gained a friend. But, if a newbie self-votes only and not others, I'll stay away.
Another way of saying this - and for all, not just newbies - I check their voting pattern before I make a stronger association or vote on their posts, blogs and comments. networks and built with bi-directional voting and self-voting stops many attempts when one does not get anything back.
I have people upvoting my posts without commenting, and if the votes are meaningful, I'll vote on theirs back. I am in a network with a few silent voters with mutual support in votes only.
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