I think whales and other larger players could set a better example. Steemit is still small and we need to encourage the minnows so it grows. I see plenty give themselves a multi-dollar vote on posts when they are guaranteed to make far more anyway. Share the votes around. I very rarely self vote so I have more voting power for others.
Of course there are people really milking the system, but we are not obliged to emulate them.
I think some people voting on comments 'for visibility' is not always a valid excuse. A smaller vote will often do the job. Others will vote in the comment of it's good.
Let's make steemit the place we want it to be. Greed could kill it.
That reminds me of a certain C-level exec who upvoted himself for a whopping $500. I felt like delegating some SP just for the sake of offering a slider.
I think that was an exception. My policy is to reduce my vote on anything with a self vote, if I give anything.
Exactly. Personally, I always tried to use only small, but big-enough upvote, believing that if with such a visibility my comment will still not be able to maintain top visibility, then that would mean, that after all my input wasn't so special or important.