It's a free world here, and this is what the most active of self voters hang on to.
Personally, systematically self-voting comments via proxy or otherwise is not cool, and there have been recent cases felt with accordingly.
The slider is essential really, and should be there from the outset - although there is not a lot of difference between a vote of 0.01 and 0.005 I suppose.
Cheers
Ash
It's always like that, every opportunity has another side of a coin. It is impossible to develop a perfect system that fits all equally. That's why people have developed a morality trait. Some better some worse still. If i invest my own money, to keep the blockchain running, why i would not be entitled to some self voting. Or any other investor for that matter. If not for them, this whole thing would be dead anyway. But greed and jealousy is a constant companion for some people. Never mind them...