Doesn't this go back to the argument the community should self regulate - Part of this regulation is through appropriate upvoting as well as having the right incentive mechanisms in place to motive more appropriate voting?
If people are incentivsed to upvote their own content - they will.
Her post is a call for regulation I think. There are checks and balances, everyone just has to do their part. Good point, though
Maybe not rules, but a social consequence to such actions. It's a way more powerful thing: ignoring.
It is also called starving the beast...