I saw another #OldSteem beneficiary complaining he is getting downvoted now. He has made serious money from it and still could through curation, but he says he will power down. A lot of his supporters have also seen their fortunes turn around. I do not want to see good people driven away from Steem. I only downvote where I think rewards are not fairly earned and it will only take a few cents off.

We need a new wave of users who are interested in creating something great rather than just earning. The bigger rewards will come later. Those who feel they deserve a bigger slice now harm the platform. Seriously, if you have several hundred thousand Steem then stop self-voting and give those votes to some of the small accounts who make cents. Those who carry on like this will not get my votes anyway. I do not care if I make less from curation because of it. This is partly why I keep my votes mainly manual.