Thanks for the comment @calatorulmiop.

Upvoting oneself for visibility is generally as accepted as a valid reason for self voting. You are correct, there are times you want to jump to the head of the comment section because you are knowledgeable or passionate about a particular subject the author wrote on.

I think that is a big difference from one who continually upvotes oneself to the exclusion of the authors...which you state you support via an automated upvoter.