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by phwd 5615 days ago
This is to prevent "voting rings" using new accounts. It is a small measure of activity. All it would have taken from you was 15 rep,

1 Upvoted Answer (+10) and 1 Upvoted Question (+5) or 1 Question Upvoted (3 times) (+15) or 3 Upvoted Questions (+15)

(It is actually 14, since you start off with 1 rep)

That is really not a lot of activity/work needed from an individual.

Most likely a next user would have seen the answer on rails and voted by now.