When I first started (last July), I don’t remember much talk about NOT self-voting. It felt strange to upvote myself, but I remember reading comments to the opposite effect - i.e. “pay to play,” “why should I upvote you if you don’t upvote yourself?”
I took a break from Steemit when we got the call about our twin girls, and jumped back on late Jan. Now, it seems there’s a reversal. I’ve been self-voting (posts, not comments) mainly because (until recently) my followers are small voters, so I know I’m making the pool bigger for them.
Most of them don’t post regularly, but I will read and upvote if they do and also upvote their comments.
I haven’t had much time to think about this, but it’s been coming up a lot. Now I’m thinking I could either stop self-voting posts or I could do a weekly giveaway of the earnings from self-voting so that all followers can still benefit from my vote being in the pool. What do you think?
Self-voting posts is fine (unless you post 10 times a day and the content is crap).
Too many giveaways. Self-vote your own posts (not comments) and vote the content you appreciate. I think that is enough and if everyone actually did it, the place would be much healthier.
Thank you! This is really helpful and encouraging!