Steemit has an etiquette. Please take time to read this information @erikmagner upvoting your own comment is not cool unless it contains valuable information. Your comment just looks spammy. Which will actually damage your reputation. Reputation on steemit is super important.
"Advice For Comments:
Leave a comment worthy of a reply
Don't just comment 'great post' or 'upvoted' one or two word comments show a lack of effort and could make people think you didn't even read the post
Do not spam the same comment on every post you encounter - this will likely get flagged
Try and provide feedback or insight
Generally try not to be offensive or rude - hate speech can also result in flags
Don't paste irrelevant links into comments
Don't ask for vote swapping
Same goes for following
Don't ask people to visit your page in someone else's post"