13
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Accepted
Sins of a User: I upvote low quality answers by new users to encourage them to contribute more...is this bad?
How does the community view my actions in this regard? Should I continue
doing this?
As you have brought up at the end of your answer, you are well within your rights to do this.
However, ...
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12
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Please exercise your votes
As a longtime sporadic SE lurker, it didn't even occur to me that voting could affect the page until I read this post.
Seriously. I've been on the Stack Exchanges for a little over 3 years now, and I ...
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7
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Please exercise your votes
I personally try to avoid downvoting new users. In addition, I think the reputation that is needed for some "privileges" are somewhat silly. I personally dislike the fact that you need a certain ...
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