Motivated by these questions: 

[Case Study: First Answer Bias](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/4414/19607) and [Are upvotes skewed towards the first answer to a question?](https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3826/19607) 

I propose a biased (biased towards people who use the meta site) study of AcademiaSE users to see how much of an upvote biases the first answer to a question gets (the "fastest gun in the west" problem) from "non-random" Academia users. To wit,

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> For questions you read which have multiple answers, do you typically vote on an answer before reading other answers? (Answer by up-voting answers below. At least for this question, please read the answers first and upvote at least one.)
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['https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4427', 'https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com', 'https://academia.meta.stackexchange.com/users/19607/']
I typically vote on answers I like right after reading them but usually read several of the answers.
I typically vote on answers I like right after reading them and often don't read further answers.