It is here, on the steemit, the minnowuprising project. They want to help minnows grow.
They say, use a bot, make a voting-circle, and make a selfvote, because for a small user, all this can help to grow. And if the time goes, stay here only user, who make quality posts, and make connections with other people. For a selfish people this proceed takes too many time, and they left.

So, this advice about to selfvote, is no longer working after the fork. I dont know, its good or bad thing.