Only low Steem power people lose out when they self upvote. Right now a vote less than .02 is worthless by itself. If you upvote someone at say 10% and that is a .01 upvote it is worthless if it is the only upvote.
The payout threshold is seperate from curation stuff. I was talking about the .02 payout threshold.

Like the vote I just made on your comment you should self upvote so you get paid. It could be less than .02. I forgot my vote power % was low. lol