I'm selfvoting. But don't like it. It's just economically incentivised in a current system, so me and others just do what they must to get profits. And it is sad, cos longterm it's killing the platform ((

You saying:

The really weird thing is, this person isn't going to ever realize that they could make more by voting for other people's good content.

I belive you wrong, alas. I made about hundred "smart-votes" for other's posts (voting early, predicting good content) but I got about 25% of my vote, nevertheless. Not even one "jackpot" over 100%, not one over 50% even... So it's useless to vote for others (financially) in a current system (((