I wouldn't like to invest in creating another account in another site, I love SE, and miss the old days in Movies SE. :/ Hmmm, chat? You mean that there is a char group that I could try? :)

I upvoted, but haven't accepted (yet?). Laconically, what you are saying is that officially, we don't know what specific effects let to that change of policy, right? Or maybe I missed something...

Ah @Lyd I might see what you mean now - that a new user that gets a question with an upvote will see a double boost in its reputation than before (+10 VS +5), and that might make them want to continue posting questions... Moreover, it will mitigate the risk of having their rep reset to 1, once they post another questions that doesn't adhere to the rules (and thus gets downvoted)... That's a hypothesis, indeed.

Plot twist: I got +0 rep for this question. I didn't see that coming SE, well played, well played... :) @Lyd this is such a complicated issue you mention, but I don't see the immediate connection with my question, if any. :/