I guess I can't really refute your experience or observations. But, just a single anecdotal point; I use the arena's voting feature quite a bit and I try really

I guess I can't really refute your experience or observations. But, just a single anecdotal point; I use the arena's voting feature quite a bit and I try really hard to vote on the "best" answer. I've got no clue if the majority of the voters put the same level of effort into it or not, but I figure that an honest and rigorous vote is the least I can do in return for a service provided to me free with no obnoxious ads. There's a nonzero incentive to do the right thing, but it's hard to say where it comes from. As an aside, I like getting two responses from two models that I can compare against one another (and with the primary sources of truth that I know a priori). Not only does that help me sanity-check the responses somewhat, but I get to interact with new models that I wouldn't have otherwise had the opportunity to. Learning new stuff is good, and being earnest is good. _nick