I totally disagree with this. If you upvote your own comment, you're using SP that you have earned with your own sweat, tears, and money.

There are limits, of course. But should we really be wasting flags on someone who gets under a few bucks for their self upvote on a decent comment? I don't think so: not if it's an intelligent comment worth the amount of the upvote. If someone doesn't recognize your worth I think that you have the right to.

Self upvoting should only be demonized when the amount gained is not equal to the post. Almost everyone does it for their own posts... Why not their comments? Weren't you just complaining about the lack of activity on the platform? That's because most of us, some who have been here over two years, still make a pittance despite on our posts despite best efforts. If people feel okay rewarding themselves, I think activity would slump less in these crypto dives.

Also... People don't usually upvote comments. That's the culture here in Steemit. When they do, it's often not for much. When I make a comment that I've put a lot of thought into, I usually give it some time to gather the attention it deserves. It usually doesn't get it. If it didn't, I give it what I think it deserves myself.

Most of the people complaining about self-upvotes are the 50 SBD a post and above people in Steemit. Most of the people they complain about make less than a single SBD per self upvoted comment. It's a little like someone who's popular and has food left at their door every day saying "how dare that other person grow their own food. If they were really worthy, they'd get popular and get others to leave it at their door". But did it ever occur to these people that building yourself up in this way is actually far more difficult?

What people should have a problem with is shit posters who upvote themselves or give their comment more than it deserves.

Just the other day someone was trying to say your posts were getting more than they were worth and I was quick to slam that down. But main posts are the real thing effecting the rewards pool, not comments. That's part of the reason the rewardpoolrape tag needs to sure. There are pool resists, to be sure, but I've seen the tag misused more often than properly used. Even if I were to give every comment I made a hundred percent upvote you would still grow many times faster than me in this platform. That is simply a fact. I do not begrudge you this. The reason this is so isn't because I haven't spent the time... I've been in here a long while, longer than you. It's not an effort thing... I recently spent months on a post that made a little over 3 SBD. That was the point when I realized that if I didn't start recognizing my own worth on the platform, no one would.

I'm not asking for pity or anything like this. And I'm not trying to be adversarial. I'm asking that you rethink some aspects of your perspective.

It's time we question this ridiculous idea that people should make main posts for profit but comment only out of the good of their hearts.

You see this comment? It's had every bit as much effort put into it as your post. But I get the feeling that the upvote response to it is going to prove my point.

P.S. @dan himself has condoned upvoting of ones own comments. I'll have to do some digging to find the post or comment. There's a reason we're allowed to on the platform.