Great post Craig, and I fully agree with you that there is nothing wrong with hording Steem Power and using it to upvote some of your own posts/comments to help get them in front of more eyes. I am somewhat new to Steemit (started just over a week ago, but am over 130 followers already) and since I tend to talk about more sensitive topics such as 9/11 and other conspiracy's (notice how I didn't use the word THEORY) I find that it is really hard to get any real traction from others so I must upvote myself to even start to get any traction on most of my posts. With that added traction I tend to get more views and followers, and when I get followers I make sure to follow them back, and when I get upvoted I make sure to upvote back, and when I get commented I make sure to try to answer each one with a response. Basically if you help yourself first, it enables you to better help others down the line, and I don't see anything wrong with that. Anyways keep up the good work, and FULL STEEM AHEAD!