Recently I have observed that several users vote very low. Are there, peraphs, any specific reasons that can be made public?
I think we all have 40 votes, why not use them when there are good questions and good answers?
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People vote or don't vote as they see fit, and it's really not for us to be concerned about how much anyone votes. Overall we're a vote-happy bunch, and we also have a tradition of not downvoting excessively.
But whether or not others vote is really not worth worrying about, at least on this site. Both questions and answers generally get enough votes to keep people engaged in the site, which is largely what the purpose of voting is (although it also can help users see the value of an answer).
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Of course, and I agree with your opinion. We are a group and we must always be one without any envy or jealousy. I almost always use my votes when I'm logged in. Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 21:10
Voting is anonymous, so by definition you should not know who voted or why.
You say you notice that some users have low vote scores, but how do you define low?
Vote count has little relevance to anything, my two highest scoring posts have essentially no technical content, and in fact almost no content at all, whereas some that took some days to answer only score one or two votes.
Personally I post far more answers than I vote as I think answering questions is a more useful activity than voting. (nearly 10 thousand answers, and rather less than 3 thousand votes)
answered Sep 9, 2019 at 20:37
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5Yet your vote count is higher than your question count. I think you should ask more ;-) Commented Sep 9, 2019 at 20:51
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8@PhelypeOleinik I would ask but (a) I can't find the ask a question button and (b) if I did ask, probably egreg would answer then I'd have to read one of his posts, and that would never do. Commented Sep 9, 2019 at 20:53
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3@Sebastiano I probably use one or two votes a week but why do you care how many votes anyone uses? Commented Sep 11, 2019 at 22:57
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@DavidCarlisle Surely and sincerely no. Today, according to the indications of each school in Sicily, the school officially opened. I have almost no time and with all sincerity I have randomly seen the votes assigned after almost three years that I am registered. Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 14:38
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2@Sebastiano I do not understand that comment at all, what are you saying "no" to? But it doesn't matter, let this thread stop. Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 14:40
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@DavidCarlisle No, in the sense that I don't care about votes cast of anyone user. Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 14:42
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7@Sebastiano so why did you post this question asking about exactly that topic? Commented Sep 12, 2019 at 14:44
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5Could you please provide me with a link to "some that took some days to answer". I am a cat, and hence naturally curious to see how such a post could look like. (Or is it just the "plane"? ;-)– user194703Commented Sep 13, 2019 at 23:41
(total number of votes)/(total number of questions and answers)? by(total reputation)/(number of votes)? by(total number of votes)/(number of connection days)? Otherwise?