<p><strong>I have been using a similar policy since our site was in beta.</strong>  (I might have stricter minimum quality standards, though ;-), because we are mature enough that many new questions can be answered with just a little research.)</p>
<p><strong>It especially bothers me when I see an answered question with no upvotes,</strong> because it means the respondents are neglecting to vote for questions that nevertheless were good enough to answer.</p>
<p><strong>Bear in mind that we are a kind of <em>micro-economy</em></strong> in which reputation is the currency.  Voting is like printing money: it's essentially free and creates the supply needed to reward people with bounties and visibility.</p>
