I will downvote any post you create (or have created) which you self-upvote for the very same reasons I began to do that in the first place. Let me reiterate - I find it selfish and greedy.
You post well, I don't mind your posts at all and can see myself choosing to upvote them at some stage but the text in the previous paragraph still applies. It's not personal, I don't know who you are so it's certainly not personal.
This post of yours complaining about being downvoted, that you hide under the guise of a "discussion" didn't surprise me and while I disagree with posts like this if the net result is that you stop self voting then that's a good thing. Maybe it'll even gain you some upvotes from me down the track. I'm sure you've checked my wallet and have seen I'm happy to upvote posts and comments others make - it's how I earn curation rewards - and you can do the same. (So you don't have to self vote.
okay, so just to clarify: I have a community contest called "love the clouds" and it's been running for several years paying out over 4000 Hive at least. I upvote this post so I can grow the reward pool that gets distributed back to the community. I don't see how this is a bad thing. But prove me wrong.
Also that comment was like a 5 cent upvote :) But seems to me that this is a black/white issue for you. If you take this so seriously, I'd really like to see you follow through on this and let others know as well.
Btw, I find it ironc that emrebeyler is upvoting this comment. He also likes to upvote his posts. Anyway, have a nice day.