Much of this was the result of a legacy system from years ago and has been dismantled, also years ago. Users are in their absolute right to upvote their own content. The topic here is why some users think they should be allowed to recycle content, which is a type of fraud as it tricks readers and curators into thinking that the content is new, while all other content creators are working hard to create fresh content for our 7-day monetization window. This post wouldn't exist if there was a case of an honest community member.