THANK YOU! Finally someone who said what I've been thinking all along! I got scorned by other users for upvoting some of my stuff early on. And while it was admittedly a waste of voting power as I didn't enough Steem for it to matter, it does matter now. Granted, I namely did it so any comments on my own posts would show up higher, but that didn't matter to the "No Self-Vote Crowd!"

Also, used bidbots early on. Honestly, a waste of money as it cost more than I earned. But users should be free to use them if they wish, without the collective coming to scorn them about it...