A good witness contributed to the community, interacts with the community, and is beholden to the community.

Given the tough competition to be a steemit witness, this person's actions seem to be jacking in common sense, which I see as being the bigger issue even as much as the ethical one.

We need to make it clear now, in the early days, that ethically great behavior that doesn't benefit the community won't be tolerated.

Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the community.

Also, I don't think self voting is a problem, especially for users with relatively low payouts. I do think that high payout posts should give others a fair chance to vote first (since vote order and time matters).