Nothing wrong with self votes if it's not overdone. Regarding the monetary aspect, right now well, only the few top accounts are just taking almost everything, telling everyone else that they should "not be in it for the money". I would think this is a pretty bad direction for Steem. Maybe Justin Sun will be able to save it.
I don't know about Justin hahaha
I'm not a fan either, but it's a man with money :)