(This is by Joseph Wright but he’s having difficulty logging in to the blog so I’m posting it for him.)
Voting is an important part of how StackExchange
works.
Voting for answers means that good answers are easier to identify, which is
vital when you don’t know the best way to do something! Voting for
questions is also important, as it helps to sort out the good questions
from those that are less clear. When you are searching for help, what
you want is to know that you are reading the right questions and getting
the right answers. …