Thank you for calling this out! I have no problem with people upvoting their own comments if they are actually creative thoughts that took time to come up with, but Steemit will be toast if hehe is valued at $25. I upvote some of my own comments but save most of my voting power for curating others content - the way it is meant to be if you ask me.

I also think the autovoting is a bit out of control for some users whose content is mediocre but thats just how it is...