Tell me this, dummy, why would ANYONE buy Steem just to reward others while not rewarding themselves? Doesn't that seem ass backwards to you?
If I'm buying Steem and powering it up, you sure as shit better believe I'm going to upvote myself as much as possible.
Remove/limit self-voting and you remove EVERY reason to buy Steem.
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