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RE: About the Whole Self-Upvoting Debate-- Let's Examine the BIGGER Perspective!
I upvote my own posts because at a certain point I noticed that my posts that I upvote get more upvotes from others than the ones I don't. My posts are not spam. I put alot of thinking and effort into writing them.
I agree with everything you are saying about spam, etc. but I don't think self voting is the real issue when it comes to that. Steemit should have better means for allowing users to control what they see, and that is what will really make the difference.
Me either like you mr. @orenshani7 i upvote my self post..
Agreed, we do need some better tools to sort content for viewing.
Scenario: A user writes "nice post" as the comment on 10 different posts, and then upvotes those 10x "nice post" with 100% self upvote, using up their max. voting power for the day. They give nothing to anyone else... basically, they treat Steemit as a "free cash dispenser."
Would that not present a problem, in terms of the site being attractive to anyone, INCLUDING new investors?
Good point. Still, as somone already mentioned, even if self upvoting will not be allowed (which I don't mind btw), people can still.open.another account and cross vote between.accounts.
Valid point, for sure.
Ultimately, I ask myself the same question: Why are people willing to put so much time and energy into finding "ways to cheat" when they could put the SAME amount of effort into simply using the system legitimately... and possibly even have better net results, in the end.
Now that is a good question that I don't have an answer for...maybe the "thrill" of gaming the system?
As good an answer as any... or maybe it feeds certain people's self-perceptions as being "rebels."
That is a question that was on my mind alot lately in a broader sense. I think the reason is that on the local level, cheating always seem easyer... but this is a topic to another discussion