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> out of many pages of answers only few see one upvote a year^. I helped mostly specific people, not the common knowledge. I regularly come across helpful answ
by indecisive_user 7y ago
> out of many pages of answers only few see one upvote a year^. I helped mostly specific people, not the common knowledge.
I regularly come across helpful answers on SO with 0 or 1 upvotes, so I wouldn't judge your contributions' impact solely on that. You've likely helped many people with your answers, even if there's no proof of it.
- wruza 7y agoMy answers usually did have some upvotes, and I’m only speaking of up-per-year here (passive accumulation after “hot” period, which kind of must show the real usefulness against initial “hey okay cool +5” phase), i.e. not 0->1->2 transitions. But I see what you mean. Maybe I’m self-biased since I’m usually logged in and do upvote low-voted answers when they obviously help me. Majority may simply not do that for old answers and/or others questions. Still, lack of feedback makes things foggy.