I am still relatively new and have very little understanding of this crossroads that you are describing. I joined Steemit at the end of January and only hear stories of the December highs. No idea what that is like...
My upvote only recently started to show any value and I'm now at $0.03. I have never had a significant payout and I have never withdrawn any money from Steemit.
The value system that says it is wrong to self-vote when the system invites it and goes as far as providing an easy way to automate it, baffles me. I am a fan of my own writing. I like what I have to say and how I say it. And I want the world to know that I have such discerning taste... (tongue-in-cheek)
I am open to being convinced.
if you think your content has value and you want to upvote it, then that is your right on steemit. There is no written rules on what is right and wrong.
Hi @paulag. Please ignore me if this is a bother. Your post engaged me and got me thinking.
I am new at this and at this level, it really doesn't matter who I upvote. My impact is miniature. Plus I do this in my free time and I'm building slowly. But somewhere in the future, I would want to earn enough from this to make it possible to say my Steemit income is covering all the coffee I drink in a month or a holiday or something.
My thinking thus far was that when my upvote got to the place where it had value, I would upvote myself. This would guarantee an income that I could include in my budget.
You have challenged my thinking on this. Thank you, I think... :-)
Do you see what I did there? :-)