From what I've seen there are two camps: Those for and those against self up-voting.

The original idea of voting bots was to show one's appreciation of someone else's post, but it wasn't long before self-upvoting became the trend.

Recently the initiator of the Steemit Colour Challenge was blacklisted for using voting bots to upvote her own posts ~So I'd be wary of the over-use of voting bots to self-upvote.

Having said this, after watching this video I really do like Jerry's approach, as he's using his influence for the benefit of Steem. And so I'd like to experiment with it a little now too. 🦋