You might remember me from other inflammatory meta threads such as Is ServerFault doomed? Not if we all vote more!. Let's talk about voting.
I created the "Doomed!" thread mainly out of frustration. All I saw on meta was grousing. The community seems plenty ready to step up and complain about something in an exhaustively up-voted and discussed meta thread about how SO is "ruining" this site but lifting a finger and up-voting the one out every ten questions that is awesome is apparently a herculean effort.
Let me reiterate my position in the clearest of possible terms:
Our failing is not that we don't vote, it's that we don't up-vote the good content!
I know many people think that the voting mechanism is stupid and that caring about imaginary internet points is equally stupid and they are not entirely wrong. But they are missing the bigger picture:
An up-vote tells the poster that the Community values their work and content.
At the risk of making this about myself, I'm pretty much done with ServerFault. I rarely find good questions that I have the expertise to answer, wading through the Review queue is a chore, wading through the *un*-voted [questions][1] is a chore, and not only have my recent SCCM question not received answers (which really isn't the fault of anyone) but they've barely warranted an upvote. Everyone complains about the lack of good content but my attempts and many others at creating rarely receive any votes.
In summation: 1) Participating in ServerFault is no longer fun but a chore, 2) my questions often don't get answered, 3) no one acknowledges my, and many other high-rep users' excellent questions.
I apologize if this comes off as whiny and self-indulgent but I'm frustrated and I'm going to take a break.
