I think you are being quite judgemental and sitting on your high horse. People have spent hundreds and thousands of dollars to buy Steem Power or have spent countless hours to work for their SP. They need something in return. If they vote for themselves, it is because they need an ROI and the system allows them to do it. I spend lots of hours everyday on Steem. I am a poor writer. English is my second language. I enjoy reading the articles on Steem and I upvote good articles. I sometimes comment on the articles but sometimes the authors are quite oblivious to my comments. They don't reply to my comment nor do they acknowledge that they have read my comment by upvoting it (even with 1% Voting power would be sufficient). Should I be flagging those authors? I have spent money on them but they are too busy raking up upvotes in their articles that they don't even acknowledge our comments. This platform does NOT run only because of authors. This platform also runs because of users/readers who spend money on SP to upvote good articles. They spend money on Steem so price of Steem goes up and they upvote articles and authors make money. If they upvote their own comments and make a few cents, why does it hurt you so much? You are already making hundreds of dollars through your writings because they are upvoting you, can't they make a few cents sometimes?
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Like I said.
People can use their stake however they wish.
It can be upvoting your own spam, or it can be flagging those who upvote their own spam. In my opinion.