NOT TO LIKE, BOMBARD YOU WITH INFORMATION YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT/DO NOT NEED (except that's totally what I'm doing), it reaaaaaally makes sense. One of Voyager's hardcore issues is that even though it's a show about being cut off from home and being alone in space, 98% of the time it does not show the desolation/lonely/scary side of that? It's... pretty lulzy the whole time. And the producers ABSOLUTELY REFUSED to do story arcs because the standalone format of TNG had worked so well for them (especially in syndication) -- but it... was a different premise. AND IT WAS A DUMB CHOICE.