RE: One Should Avoid Self Votes ... except when the vote sweeps the dust for the post
I probably should admit that I have a HIVE account which I grew to 6K HIVE.
I created several communities prior to the Justin Sun kerfuffle. I also helped create tribes on Steem-Engine and HIVE-Engine.
Steem-Engine went bust.
So, I know for a fact that everything changes when one's account starts giving $0.02+ in SP awards. For example, I would have upvoted your reply on HIVE.
AI Images
I have mixed feelings about AI images. I was really sad to see that there were no #inktober posts on SteemIt in 2023. So, I decided to play a game in which I drew images for HIVE and posted AI images on SteemIt.
Generating an AI image a day was fun. Drawing a picture a day really taxed me. Of course I am not an artist.
About 20 people played the Inktober game on HIVE. Some did AI images. For this reason, I thought the AI images were tasteless.
I was the only account that posted with the tag in 2024. So, it was not tasteless.
Putting AI Images in a Community
I don't think I would want to put the AI images in a SteemIT community. I figure the best place is my blog.
I see that there were communities for AI images, NFTs and even memes on SteemIt. They seem to be dead.
I admit I am doing the images on SteemIt just to see what would happen. The technology has some value as posts need images and AI generates compelling images.
I understand your approach. That's not my style, blogging doesn't need to be ‘decorated’ as far as I'm concerned - unless there are personal shots to go with the content. But anyway: thank you very much for your explanation! I'm sure we won't meet on HIVE ;-))