I don't see why you couldn't accept the rewards for an introduce yourself post. If anything, just accept it as a token of appreciation from your audience for creating a year of content that has been of value to your following.
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It is a flaw of mine. I can't take unless other people encourage me to do it. :(
It looks like most people are, so - just do it :-) (I know it's probably not that simple, otherwise you wouldn't haven dedicated a post to it, but I'm just sayin'...)