Good point. I'm in agreement as well, it's not a major issue unless it's abused in a manner to become a major issue in select cases. Post upvoting has always been accepted and the platform encourages it. How an auto-upvoted post counts these days I can't say for sure. Comment upvoting is problematic when it's used to jump comments above others in prominent threads. Otherwise it's in all honesty working as intended.
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