Helpfu votes don't directly bring you any money.

The purpose of helpful/unhelpful votes is to have good answers bubble up to the top and be easier to find. A secondary effect, whether it's the intended purpose or not, is to give feedback to the answerer about what is and isn't considered a good answer.

If you listen to that feedback and adapt your answers accordingly, then that will most likely lead you to getting more best answers and tips.

Also, people seem to get as much satisfaction here from being appreciated as they do from getting tips. Certainly the amount of debate that's been generated by people that felt they were getting voted 'unhelpful' unfairly indicates it's an emotive subject, and people place a lot of value on it, even though it has no benefits or penalties in terms of tips or points.

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