This change is shit. It actually encourages self-voting in all scenarios. I can already get more from curation than from self-voting, but now I might as well not curate anymore, seeking other ways to reward content creators instead.
Circlejerking whales will never have it any easier than HF21. Fuck that.
Please read the comments of @stever82. It is not as bad as you think. Thanks for your comments, anyway.
Nothing new there. This change is shit.