I've been guilty of it myself. It is certainly satisfy to see yourself earning by literally voting for yourself. Ask yourself is it more satisfy to vote for yourself or receive a vote from a stranger. It is extremely annoying to see posts on your Blog that look like this....
These comments both voted for their own comments and not the blog they commented on!!
That doesn't send a good message to others that notice and certainly irritates the writer of the blog.
You won't get all the votes back but if you hoard them they won't come back at all.
But The most important reason you should save your votes and voting power for others is YOUR REPUTATION!
An upvote from someone else increases your reputation, a vote from yourself doesn't.
From now on, My votes (other than the mandatory blog vote) are reserved for others
Thanks.....Vote, Comment,