I agree with you, but don't you think there is something wrong with the current system when users are incentivized to only upvote their own posts and comments every day? If every user on here adopted this mindset things would go downhill in a hurry...
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@jrcornel you're right one of those things that has gone wrong with Steemit is making people think that it is their new work from home/work office where they can make money. This has gradually divided the community through segregation and other unnecessary external sites. The other day I tagged KR in one of my post and someone was bold enough to let me know that only posts made for Koreans should be tagged with kr. Yet we are supposed to be networking with eachother socially. I even found another post tainting @craig-grant and @trevonjb. I joined in June and I am disappoited already with the level of fake love, and greedy people regardless of the self upvotes. But it's life, we just have to deal with it.
I sometimes upvote my own comments so that they are seen, but I don't do it all the time. It's very unlikely that every user would decide to only upvote their own posts and comments. A lot of people are here to network with other people, as that may be much more valuable then just getting a few cents by upvoting your own stuff.
In any case, I'm happy to be here. Wish I'd started using Steemit sooner.
The problem isn't with getting a few extra cents here and there. The larger accounts are able to allocate 10's and 100's of dollars per upvote, and if they wanted to they could direct that all towards their own comments and posts, which in the current system would actually give them the most "bang for their buck". Which is exactly why I think things need to be tweaked...
We want a system that incentivizes helping others while also helping yourself.
That's why I think point 3) is the way to go: Increase the curation rewards!