Duplicate Questions
I think this could be a by product of duplicate content. I know for me Some reasons why I see the same novice questions asked over and over with accepted answers. I don't really care to spend much time or effort voting up a question or result -- even if it is a good one
Duplicate questionsvote.
- Dilutes votesI don't vote on duplicate content.
- Disengages more experienced administratorsI don't vote when the question/answer is poorly written or formatted.
- Makes canonical answers harderI don't vote when the issue is overly specific and does not contribute meaningfully to findthe broader community.
- Suggests the user asking theI often do not vote when there's already an accepted answer.
- I don't vote on questions is either too lazy to search or too inexperienced to understand the answers already giventhat are readily available in official documentation.
Perhaps if duplicate content was better identifiedI basically see voting as recommending an answer to a user where the question has been unanswered.
Also I tend to spend my efforts trying to answer unanswered questions. As such, then authoritative answers may garner more votesvoting in this context is often not required.