This is indeed one subject that can stir up different views and opinions. I believe self voting your own blog post is okay cos you will not only be increasing the post payout for your own benefit but it also benefits the 25% curators's take in the total payout. Upvoting my blog post is something I seldom do cos I am a minnow and i have got very little SP. What i find unpleasant about upvoting is going around upvoting every meaningless and spam like comment you drop on every blog post stumbled on. Like i said, it can be a very controversial subject bcos Steemit permits it and those who abuse it would argue it not being bad. Great post.. Resteemed!