"The interface does not show self votes prominently"
I don't get how you guys can be missing why this is. Because it is frickin' pointless. Anyone can just make a new account, transfer, and vote for their other account. YOU CANNOT STOP THIS. It's like you guys are following the "criminalize marijuana" playbook here.
It was enough of a concern to the founders of the platform for them to devise a solution to it if you read the whitepaper. I'm not convinced that it cannot be stopped.
I reject the analogy with marijuana criminalization. For one point, that always affected those on the lower strata of society disproportionately. What we propose would reduce the advantage of those on the higher strata of Steemit, i.e. those with large stake.
So, you're ok with the lack of logic that justifies the "repression", it's the target that you find offensive?
Have you considered this "whale's" thoughts, who think what you are doing will punish everyone via reduction in the Steem price?
https://steemit.com/steem/@sean-king/life-ain-t-fair-and-neither-is-steem-deal-with-it-and-self-vote-away