Nothing wrong with upvoting your post. Among other things, it helps with visibility. As for turning curators, well it depends on the curator. Different curators have different intentions and non is wrong in reality. Some curators can go after curation rewards and some can go for quality, while some go for friends or look up to others and imitate. Bottomline is, you can please every curators, so that is where your own preferences come into play. upvoting your post used to be default, i dont know if that is still the case. Nothing wrong with upvoting your comments either but like the comment below, it depends on you as you can determine the quality of your work same as you would do with others. you may also want your comment to seat on the top of a thread for various reasons, thus, you may upvote your comment. Overall, non of these things can be called wrong. when you upvote your posts, it is usually the very onset, so i dont see that affect curators looking to make more rewards as they like to vote at around the 30 min mark. again it depends on ht curator. Some curators may also have a soft spot for powered up posts as they feel that adds to the steem economy etc
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But bots like @gentlebot specifically states that she won't upvote self-upvoted comments! Why such a hatred for self-upvotes and yet considered gentle?
You dont have to be bothered about that. it is a community, different people decide their own preferences.
I felt the same as you and tested it out on my first couple posts (learning by watching the effects). I then read a post from someone who apparently felt the opposite was true. Since upvoting your own post used to be default, you'd think it would more widely accepted. Thank you for your help as well.
Yes, freedom is important! Upvoting your post is widely accepted but its a community, thus, people will have varying views. That aside, nothing wrong in upvoting your own post. That decision is yours to make. Losing your freedom however, will make your journey less fun. It's a post, yours or anothers, it is a post
I agree with you, only the feeling of freedom will give us a theme and meaning in our messages, especially will give the strength to promote it. Thank you @surpassinggoogle