Yes, SteemIt will be a boring place if we all sit around and vote for ourselves.
It is hard not to feel like the only people reading anything around here are hungry minnows looking for votes and follows.
I have a different view on the situation though, I have more respect for those who are interacting each day with the site making comments (even if they vote for them) Then those who set their voting bots through the main voting groups and walk away from SteemIt, just letting their investment grow via curation rewards. (I am not saying it is wrong, I am saying, it is another factor in making SteemIt feel scammy and boring)
It makes no sense to me to focus on self-voting as if you make any progress at all, people will just make more accounts to vote for themselves.
I think we need to focus on voting for comments that show POR. (proof of reading) and try to find ways to reward those who are interacting with the site)
It is just another opinion, everyone has one. :)
Yes, I will be giving my comment a small self-upvote for visibility. I deserve it, I am here, reading interacting and engaging with the end-users. :)
Did you see @krnel 's post on this? Interesting but I have no idea how it could actually be implemented. Any ideas?
He had one that I saw, I will check it out.
And I will lift it a little bit more with an upvote because you're here and interacting with the content, and this happens to be a discussion I am interested in... because this stuff matters a LOT to the well-being and future of Steemit.
Gee... imagine that... the site actually working as it was intended to!
shout out to you as well, we may not always agree, but I know you are out there reading, engaging and writing.
I just want us to focus on that and not the petty issues. Reward those who are here and engaged and using the site!