There is a force that brings the price of SBD down, that is the law of supply and demand. The price/market cap of Steem determines how much SBD is issued (as well as short term changes in voting behaviours). The price of SBD going higher than $1 gives holders of Steem Power extra purchasing power which they can use to remove Steem from the market, thus increasing the price of Steem, thus increasing the supply of SBD's and lowering the price.
Agreed so it is good idea to teach our New-Users how to get the most out of their investment.
What will happen if it goes up again? Will we just have everyone upvoting themselves each time?
We can go back to flagging each other for taking the rewards for ourselves. We'll see how it works out in practice. There is of course risk involved in breaking the taboo on self voting, but those who bought SP with the excess PP will have more power to downvote when the peg is back to normal.
Yes, it is going to be interesting for sure. I am for people using their stake, I am also for people flagging!
So yes, it is going to get interesting.