It's interesting... the topic of self-voting (which on Hive was an excuse to downvote etc. those who picked the low hanging forbidden fruit dangling above their heads).
I think that if it was something that was so taboo... for purposes of user-friendliness (and new users especially) it would be best that the code simply did not allow for it... rather than have a bunch of humans taking it UPon themselves to police and stirUP trouble (like on Hive).
Because the code does make self-voting possible... it shouldn't be considered taboo. However... Is it good for the price of Blurt? No. I don't believe so... as it releases inflation into the system while also opening the door to low value content (SPAM even) being rewarded and highlighted.
Still... the system does allow a self-vote.
But I think there is something being missed when someone self-votes their own content. When you do that you give yourself a little Financial Capital... but I believe it comes with a cost to ones Social Capital and how others perceive you. (big picture vs small picture)
That's why I choose NOT to self-vote (even for ranking my comments for visibility) but rather choose to fall into the arms of the community where value is concerned.
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i'm not sure "self-voting" is any different than BUYING ADVERTISING SPACE
"self-voting" is "self-promotion"
and anyone with enough stake to put themselves on the all-trending page is also necessarily a big contributor to the value of the community token
first by buying, and second by holding the token