It's a good question, and not the first time I've seen someone talking about it. I have never considered upvoting my own posts, and it's not something I would recommend anyone do. It seems like cheating on some level, and a full vote uses 2% of the voting power that could be rewarding others.
Having said that, I don't do much downvoting either. I try to be somewhat forgiving, but I have no patience for plagiarism and downright nastiness for its own sake. I'm curious now if your self-voting could be Jelly's reason for downvoting your posts... have you spoken to them about it (aside from this tag)? It could be that simple.
I really don’t think of it as cheating, as long as you keep on curating others too!
Well, I have started to tag you, because of your excessive downvoting... It's the other way around dude! And really, get a life!
Hmm... that's interesting. Can you explain why self-voting helps the other voters? I'm not sure I can wrap my head around this concept. I appreciate you chiming in. :)
This part confuses me. Do each of the individual votes increase as the total number of votes goes up?