That penalty only happens if I also return the vote.

Yet I try to make sure to also upvote hunters who are newer to the platform and thus spread my votes wider.

As far as I’m concerned nobody should suffer any circle jerk penalty from upvoting me because I diversify my voting pattern sufficiently enough for anybody to be hit with jerk_score penalty for upvoting me.

Circle jerk only happens if it’s a circle. Trails aso can cause it tho.