I've started thinking that our site's users need to be a little bit more generous long before, but after this Question about the best loser from a new user gathered 5 answers and only 1 upvote (from me) I got really upset.

This issue was already discussed in other communities and the general idea is that:

• If you feel the question is worth answering, you should give it an upvote too.
• Upvote good questions and answers, and consider downvoting bad questions and answers too (although maybe not for brand new users - we don't want to scare them off).
• The number of up votes on a question should always be greater than or equal to the number of answers provided by the community.

The last one is called Gayot's Postulate (Gayot is the name of the user who proposed it). So, if you see a question where the Postulate has failed, please consider upvoting it to maintain balance in the force.

Again, I encourage everyone to read the original post on Travel SE.

I've started thinking that our site's users need to be a little bit more generous long before, but after this Question about the best loser from a new user gathered 5 answers and only 1 upvote (by the time of publishing) I got really upset.

This issue was already discussed in other communities and the general idea is that:

• If you feel the question is worth answering, you should give it an upvote too.
• Upvote good questions and answers, and consider downvoting bad questions and answers too (although maybe not for brand new users - we don't want to scare them off).
• The number of up votes on a question should always be greater than or equal to the number of answers provided by the community.

The last one is called Gayot's Postulate (Gayot is the name of the user who proposed it). So, if you see a question where the Postulate has failed, please consider upvoting it to maintain balance in the force.

Again, I encourage everyone to read the original post on Travel SE.

I've started thinking that our site's users need to be a little bit more generous long before, but after this Question about the best loser from a new user gathered 5 answers and only 1 upvote (from me) I got really upset.

This issue was already discussed in other communities and the general idea is that:

• If you feel the question is worth answering, you should give it an upvote too.
• Upvote good questions and answers, and consider downvoting bad questions and answers too (although maybe not for brand new users - we don't want to scare them off).
• The number of up votes on a question should always be greater than or equal to the number of answers provided by the community.

The last one is called Gayot's Postulate (Gayot is the name of the user who proposed it). So, if you see a question where the Postulate has failed, please consider upvoting it to maintain balance in the force.

Again, I encourage everyone to read the original post on Travel SE.

I've started thinking that our site's users need to be a little bit more generous long before, but after this Question about the best loser from a new user gathered 5 answers and only 1 upvote (from me) I got really upset.

This issue was already discussed in other communities and the general idea is that:

• If you feel the question is worth answering, you should give it an upvote too.
• Upvote good questions and answers, and consider downvoting bad questions and answers too (although maybe not for brand new users - we don't want to scare them off).
• The number of up votes on a question should always be greater than or equal to the number of answers provided by the community.

The last one is called Gayot's Postulate (Gayot is the name of the user who proposed it). So, if you see a question where the Postulate has failed, please consider upvoting it to maintain balance in the force.

Again, I encourage everyone to read the original post on Travel SE.