Despite all the discussion regarding self-voting as of late, I still don't have an inherent problem with it, and see the problems of: low-quality/low-effort posts and comments, high numbers of accounts per user, and cross-voting amongst them (often via bots of some type), as being much bigger problems worth immediate efforts to try and stop.

But I'm a curator-at-heart, not a poster or blogger, so that probably significantly affects my outlook on the subject.

If anyone takes the time to make a quality post or comment, I don't see why they should care what anyone else thinks of them voting it up themselves versus relying on anyone else. If they've gotten their SP by some legitimate means (sweat equity or cold hard cash), then they've already put into Steemit exactly what's owed for that privilege, so they're entitled to wield it as they see fit.

Demanding anything else from them is just a misplaced sense of entitlement, plain and simple. No one is owed an upvote from anyone else that they could have used on themselves. Post something good enough that it makes them choose differently.