There have been some topics about upvoting yourself and I've had some serious thought about it. I'm trying to pick a different approach than what I've seen before.
I can't force anyone to stop upvoting themselves. I've been upvoting my own posts, not my comments much, but mostly every post. Now as voting power is declining faster, I've started to feel a bit bad for using it for my own posts.
When I upvote myself, I get the small bit of awards I can.
Will it give me anything useful? Not really.
Is it making me feel good about myself? No.
Does it feel like I'm a good writer? No.
The best feeling I get is from other people upvoting me. It's not (only) about the awards, but I want to get the feeling people are liking my posts. That they are giving thanks for me putting my effort in this. The feeling of admiration. I can think I'm doing something well, I'm doing something right.
The feeling is mostly what I'm after
Awards are only bonus and mostly help me build up my SP to give something nice to others later on.
If I spend my voting power by not upvoting my own posts, I can upvote more on everybody else. It's other peoples posts which need and deserve my upvotes, not mine. I can make someone else happy by upvoting, I won't feel the difference if I'm upvoting my own post or not.
I recommend you all to do the same. I'm not saying you should do that, but it's a nice thing to do.
I want to get my credit from others, not from myself.
Here, have a photo!