paucity
ˈpɔːsɪti
noun the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts. "a paucity of information"
The active community on Server Fault is tiny, most people come here to ask questions not answer them. Voting is allegedly the lifeblood of SE.
This question is directed at the active members - people who spend time reading questions, answering them but largely not voting.
I see lots of correct answers with 1 perhaps 2 upvotes and a checkmark - most of those votes will have come from the OP (upvote and checkmark).
I see people editing questions and answers for typos and formatting but they don't bother to vote on them even though the answer is correct and has a checkmark.
Today (29th June) is day 180 of 2014. As of now only 10 people have (on average) voted more than 5 times per day this year. Most people have voted somewhat less than that.
So why is that ?
Why don't you an active member of Server Fault bother to vote on people's answers1?
What can people do to make you want to upvote their correct answers ?
1 I've mostly focussed on answers because I can understand not voting on questions, they are largely, poorly researched etc but don't get hung up on that.
Reference: User Voting Records for Server Fault
