WHEN IS IT OK TO ASK FOR VOTES

The Do’s and Don’ts of asking for votes

WHEN IS IT OK TO ASK FOR A VOTE OR SELF-PROMOTE:

At the end of your own post--the readers came to see you. Encourage them to see more!
If you are already in a dialogue about a subject you feel you have covered well and it appears there is a window for you to share because you think it will benefit the conversation, not because it will get you votes.
If you have been very generous with your comments, votes, and resteems on a particular post, and you feel they might appreciate your work because it is in a similar vein (they may reciprocate as well)
If someone expressly asks for advice on a subject you feel you have covered well.
You have already established some rapport with another blogger you admire, and you would like their support on something you think deserves a look. This obviously must be done sparingly, or you’ll wear out your welcome.

WHEN IS IT NOT OK TO ASK FOR A VOTE OR SELF-PROMOTE:

When you’re a bot
When you’re arbitrarily clicking on posts, not reading them, and leaving copy/paste “vote for me” in the comments at random. This is tacky, immature, and lazy. And you won’t get anywhere with it. So stop it. For the love.
When you comment on a post and out-the-gate draw attention to something YOU posted. This is tacky, desperate, upstaging and supremely annoying. You wouldn’t upstage people in real life, would you? So don’t do it here.
When you transfer a fraction of a percentage of SBD into someone’s wallet so they’ll notice you in their transactions, and you put “vote for this post” in the memo. This is a cry for help, and will be seen as such. You might as well be a telemarketer.
** The only time this would even remotely be OK would be as an advertisement for a service you can offer the person. And even then, be wise, and offer a really good product, or you will get voted off the island fast.