Before, there was an incentive to look for good material and vote it.
Self-voting was not the most profitable strategy.
That's why people are still looking for 'OC' and 'good content', but sooner or later they will realize, that selvoters will have more money a year down the road and will have more to say because:
https://steemit.com/aggrandizement/@felixxx/selfvote-thread#@felixxx/re-steevc-re-felixxx-selfvote-thread-20180213t091325999z
Dilly Dilly!