Well i hate using that name for it which is why i never did. Not only because i find it ugly but rather because i never thought such a thing was taking place.

Now the point where i must disagree with you on is the point of "not blaming", or rather "not demonizing" people that act in completely selfish ways by not spreading some of their upvotes around to other content creators on this platform..

My point is that just because its allowed doesnt make it fine or ok. You are using words like demonize and evil... But the fact is that i dont think anyone sensible would call those actions evil or demonic. 😁

You could say these people are just selfish, maybe even self absorbed, non-caring, lack any altruistic attributes, non-social.... Etc...
But thats far from calling them evil.

The system is set up as it is so when you dont have users properly incentivized they act in ways their character leads them to.
There are probably some that wouldnt self upvote even if that meant 90% less earnings for them and more for others and then there are those that would self upvote even if it meant just 0.5% more earnings for them..

What im saying is that just because its allowed doesnt make it cool and fine because it goes against the ideals of the platform, but calling those people evil is not the right thing to do..