There is a time to self-vote, and there is a time not to...

I agree, there should be a community consensus on how much self-voting is acceptable, and how much is too much.

After we reach that ideology, it should be programmed into the system to disallow more than a certain amount.

Not every comment someone makes deserves to be rewarded.

At the same time, I make comments ever now and then that are hugely important to the topic discussed, and I'd like to see them get a few positions above the junk comments so they are more likely to be read.