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correct, you can upvote it automatically as always, but your vote weight will likely be zero on your own post. @kennyskitchen is sitting just about 93% voting power.

@e-steem, you are right about @kennyskitchen 's voting power, so he didn't go tilt. My apologies to kenny. So then it was the new penalty that got him 0 weight (and maybe lack of steem power=voting power)?

from what I can tell, voting right at the onset (autovote) is what gets u that penalty. I voted on this post about 18 mins in... had about 2% of the vote weight... it's dwindling as I don't have a lot of SP yet... but at least I got a share. Check the graphic at the bottom.

@akiregor, I believe that even if @kennyskitchen would have upvoted, which yes should upvote yourself always, it would NOT have mattered because he must have wasted his voting power upvoting away. What I like to call, "Going tilt on Upvotes" is a poor strategy. Use your voting power wisely, and try to remain above 80%. And Invest and/or re-invest into STEEM POWER, for more returns. My opinion only. Disclosure, I am long on Steem, Steem Power and Steem Dollars, both here and poloniex
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