You have some serious and plausible arguments here. And I have always liked a good argument based discussione without turning it into a fight. puts on his box gloves hehehe kidding. Ok, ill respond to every argument in order to make it readable:

That is why I said "should" not can or must, because the option is there and we can use it as we please. I don´t think it must go away the option of autovoting, I think it is there because sometimes it is useful or right to use.

My intention was not to make a big deal, my intention was to show what worked for me and try to make people adopt it. Personally, I think that is the best way to impprove our community, there might be others, but this one is my chosen one.

I agree, self voting is healthy some times but it is the abuse that might end up killing steemit due to new people not sticking and coming back...

I don´t want to take it down, witnesses know better and I think if they deem it necessary, at some point they will but I highly doubt it will happen, especially with the growth rate we have right now.

For the edit: Dont worry! Never read it as an attack! :D