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Is it perhaps like when someone spends money in their own restaurant ?

Is that some sort of rude gesture and an insult to all the other restaurants ?

These analogies do not really work IMHO. Hive is not like 'real life'. There are new norms.

Look, if you're trying to say it's bad to self-vote, you're really begging the question of exactly what MORAL THEORY you're basing this on.

(IFF) "HIVE is not like anything" (THEN) NONE of your "moral instincts" apply.

With a new economy we have to find new norms. I go with my instincts. I can make my own decisions on what is good or bad for Hive, but I will look at what others say. You just haven't persuaded me to change my mind, but things could change. I will continue to vote as I see fit. Thanks for the discussion.

I'm not trying to convince you of anything.

I'm just trying to understand why people find it offensive.