I'm not a big enough cat to really have to worry about this — yet — but I do occasionally have the desire to leave a 0.001 LEO "tip" for no reason greater than simply to pass along that I "saw it."
But beyond that, the second reason is that the small vote will show me later (if I happen to be looking at random feeds) that I have already looked at and voted on something... and not to waste my time again.
Good tip on setting the "default weight" to the minimum, thanks!
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