UPDATE: Removing self-upvote feature for comments

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Dear all, Today I would like to write a brief update regarding self-upvotes. #### Self-upvoting comments This morning, we have released a new update that removed the self-upvote feature for comments. As you can see - I'm using a screenshot from @demo-account, the upvote button for your own comments is removed: ![](https://serey.io/imageupload_data/26eb56c0040646055cf7cd557ba8cde77783fc3f) #### Self-upvoting posts (articles) You can still upvote your own posts. However, the only way to do so is by checking **Upvote post** down-right your post creation: ![](https://serey.io/imageupload_data/cadbe833b02dad9ae6bf36aa6c58402397e7c5c3) Once the article is posted, you cannot upvote it anymore in case you haven't upvoted via the above way already. #### Why did we do so? We found out that some users have abused self-upvoting their own comments. The most striking example is @senghuy who had posted many comments on old articles, only to upvote himself: ![](https://serey.io/imageupload_data/88895a421564d04372eb29775d40173d85853966) As you can see, his comment consisted only of one icon or one word. We believe that this abuse should not be tolerated. It's a shame that he is using his voting power to enrich himself, instead of helping the community and new writers by upvoting good content as well. #### What can you do to help the Serey community? #### The answer is CURATION. We need to downvote/flag bad posts and comments anytime we see them. If we believe that someone's post or comment is not deserving of owning much Serey, it's fine to downvote it - especially if you leave a comment with a reason of the downvote. I wish you all a nice evening! @Timelocker

Comments

dimarss
**I like this update!**
chester
is great!! :)
opsin
wonderful update.
Very good update..
People find it frustrating when they see self-voting comments like that. That's a good decision. It will prevent those abusers from doing that in the comment section. Keep up the great work!
abiyamuda
This is good. However, a better way is you sign in to the setting system, and reduce the power of upvote people who often play cheat.
yash0108
Dear @timelocker, it's a great and good decision for serey community in future.
kolobok
What about self-upvoting via Serey API?
I like this Let help to grow serey
ira
I think the update is necessary, because every update will get something new.
jokerswild
Continuous self and friend upvoting and receiving reward for it is part of the reason why we think the Steemit's algorithm is not viable. In a sound economic model, everything that brings value to the platform and the users experience should earn reward. Continuous self upvoting doesn't bring value, and so should not earn reward. In our update in the future, we will choose a radically different path than Steemit and have the algorithm differ quite signicantly.
laagal
Did you just take away from some users the opportunity to press the "Vote" button for your own comment? But they did not change anything in the blockchain and the reward parameters for comments?
rb24
Good decision, really happy with this. Keep up the good work