There is still some ongoing debate in Hive regarding Self-voting where we have tribe leaders who dislike people who self-vote (even though they are totally fine using alternative accounts to upvote their content). It makes no sense to me...
In Democracy, you can vote for yourself as a president. On social media sites, you can like or upvote your own posts, videos, status, etc. Apparently, it is FROWNED upon on Hive. Yet, if it is SoOoOoOoOo wrong then the "Geniuses" who developed the platform should have been intelligent enough to put the limitations on the platform in code.
If it is NOT in the Code, then it is PERFECTLY fine. That is my position. Just like, if it is not in the law, then people can complain however they want, but you're not going to be arrested for doing a particular action. Personally, I don't think it's about the elites of Hive trying to bring down smaller creators, but I do believe it's about this false sense of moral superiority, or "Hive Etiquette" that only ever seems to be in effect against smaller creators on the platform.
Personally, I think it's bullshit. Put it in the code, and stop debating about it. If it's not in the Code then put your big-boy pants on and shut the fuck up.