I've only been a part of the Steemit community for a short while, but every-so-often I see a post about "why you shouldn't upvote your own post" or "why upvoting your own post is good for the community as a whole."
First off, I'd like to mention that the Steemit website and platform is in beta according to the top left. There is no official way of tracking the progress of updates or the future thinking of the developers behind the platform.
On to my question though.. If the developers saw the upvoting of your own post as a "bad thing" or as a way to "hack the system" then why would they intentionally check the "Upvote post" box as a default for each new post?
I saw a post a bit ago about how the White Paper states that bad behavior with upvoting doesn't necessarily hurt the community and instead promotes the spread of Steem. It seems the developers would prefer you to upvote your own posts and when you first start out on the platform, this is what you are conditioned to do.