This is a great post, and a topic that needs to be discussed. I too have decided recently to not upvote my own posts. Even though the reward I receive from my own upvote is miniscule, the action in and of itself is a little weird. I would love to know the point of view the creators of steemit have about this function. Why did they think it was a good idea? Did they even consider what such function mean for the community? Watever anyone's point of view though, we cannot blame anyone for using the self upvote since it's a legitimate function, allowed by the creator s of steemit.