Interesting to read your story @paulag. self-voting is a difficult one I think.
When I first started I self-voted without really knowing anything about it but it seemed like most people were doing it so I thought it was OK.
Then I got publicly criticised for it so I stopped more because the person who called me on it was more powerful than I was/am.
Now I'm sure what I feel about it. 😢
I think its really up to how you feel. Your SP is not the large (no offence) and if I was not a witness and not in a position of influense I would self vote my own posts too. Take a look at the response above by @whatsup. I would consider that rather fair self voting.
Thanks @paulag and for pointing out the response from @whatsup. The Commenting League isn't running next week as Asher is away so there will be no penalties to incur for self-voting so maybe now is the time to give it a go again and see how it feels. 😁