I don't like self-upvoting , I think it should be discontinued next hard-fork. However, with most of the coin owned by 1%, I don't understand why minnows or even dolphins voting for themselves makes much of a difference...all this sounds like rich people bitching about people eating out of their garbage cans.
I will change my mind if someone explains the math to me why this is a big deal.
I think it will fill the comments sections with upvoted comments that should be at the bottom, such as follow to follow beggars, instead of the comments that should be at the top that actually add value to the post and conversation.
I totally ignore serial follow for follow unless...the person is genuine...I An not ridged on my rules. I don't want someone telling me how to weild my sp after I've gone through beta crap a new site generates. I think those with a lot of sp are feeling the power of their positions ...😏
I totally agree with your point of view.
On the other hand, though, I suppose they can follow/unfollow who they like. It's when they try to force people to do things their way that bothers me. If it makes its way into the web interface or a new hard-fork, fair enough.
People can upvote their own comments on my posts all they want. Indeed, I wrote a post today inviting them to do so...
https://steemit.com/bullybot/@davidnx/feel-free-to-upvote-yourself-here-bullybot-project
No one's bothered to do so though, apart from me. :)
I just mute or ignore, I give a large vote to anyone who makes a full comment on my post that is a full sentence. I'll take a look at your article @davidnx. I don't vote on my comments but when beginning Steemit everyone was told to upvote their articles and after the couple last hardforks up vote their comments too...😏