There's this GitHub pull request that is on hold. https://github.com/steemit/condenser/pull/1270#pullrequestreview-34666550

I hope they haven't forgotten about it, and are working on a long term solution.

I'd love to downvote, but I don't want any drama.

As for the self-upvote, I think it's a great way to drive demand for SP. It's how in the future advertisers can bring in revenue to the platform. However, mass upvoting your own comments is abusive and difficult to police. Maybe there should a rate-limiter for self-upvotes?

PS: And yes, the lower voting power target is not working.