Everybody has the right to decide how to earn money on Steemit the way that is most convenient and possible for him/herself and nobody should judge or flag that; but again, you don't live in an ideal world.
Everybody has the right to decide how to earn money on Steemit the way that is most convenient and possible for him/herself and nobody should judge or flag that; but again, you don't live in an ideal world.
If this is indeed the established cultural norm, most users would just post spam and self-upvote it.
If that's what we want, we should establish that as a community, so that those of us following the social norms are no longer game-theoretically disadvantaged.
I expect that you neglect to consider that the rewards pool is a common resource. When you upvote yourself, you draw down the rewards pool that all others depend on for their own rewards. Therefore they have a vested interest in your actions, because your actions impact their own rewards.
The rewards you just upvoted yourself will decrease the reward I may get from someone who upvotes my comment, for example.
This is why I stand on principle, and never upvote myself.
My intention is to benefit others with what I contribute. I am not very concerned with my own financial rewards (but I am weird) as I have simple needs, and meet them through work.
I hope you are able to understand that everyone that is impacted by your voting actions, and thus has not only a right, but an obligation, to judge it, and flag it if they feel it's abusive and they need to do something about it.
As you can see from the flag I DIDN'T cast, I do not feel it my obligation to be your judge. Also, my measly $.02 vote means you are safe from me. Just don't be a big meany and flag ME =p