The reputation is a measurement of a user's contributions to the site, and the extent to which the community "trusts" that user with extra privileges.
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Reputation went down [duplicate]
In stackoverflow I had 603 reputation. However when I come to my computer after a little while I end up with 558 reputation. No one gave me a down vote. Is there a reason why?
Any help will be ...
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On reputation section: all vote values are not shown for each event [duplicate]
I just reviewed a reputation for some users and I found that all vote values are not shown for some events, I don't know if this is a bug or just normal behavior, I didn't found any information about ...
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Casting of down votes decrements reputation? [duplicate]
I have seen many times that sometimes when I downvote a post , my repuation decrements by -1 and sometimes it does not?
What is the reason behind it?
And what are the exact scenarios when this ...
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Reputation not showing properly [duplicate]
I am having issue with my reputations.
How do I find elements in array with another indexes array? earned +65,but it is showing +55.
How do I create a custom “merge” method for hashes? earned +40 ...
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Forgotten reputation point? [duplicate]
Today, I answered to many questions and I won points with up votes or validated answers. But, when I go in the reputation tab of my user page, I can see some up votes are not counted.
For example, I ...
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Is there a way to prevent or discourage spamming edits?
As per title, is there any way to prevent or discourage serial useless edits?
I've noticed a string of them coming from the same user and because there's no way to contact them directly I can't tell ...
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Reputation for comment votes [duplicate]
When posting my questions, I have found that often someone knows the important question to ask. This is at the core of fundamental research and difficult when you are out of your knowledge base to ...
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Block new inexperienced users from asking questions
Rationale:
This is intended to address an issue with new users that have no reputation. If they are inexperienced, they are very unlikely to gain any reputation very quickly. This results in them ...
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What incentive do I have to make my answer a Community Wiki?
If I make my answer a Community Wiki, I don't gain any reputation from the votes on the answer.
If I thought it was a good answer, why would I reject the possible increase in reputation, and make it ...
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Can we let users with privileges on one site have them on another?
I have almost 4k reputation on Arqade. On Stack Overflow, I have to suggest edits and can't hit the close button. But I want to help with the close queue, which is at 62k at the time of this writing.
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How to recover from poor reputation? [duplicate]
I now know the error of my ways and the stack overflow community has shunned my ability to ask a question but I am on my way to recovery. How do you suggest I bounce back?
I have a question that I ...
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I think I have too much reputation: nearly all of it comes from one quickly-fired-off answer
About a year ago, I answered this question.
And lots of people seem to like it. But it seems strange to me that so much of my reputation comes from just this one answer. I get 10-30 reputation per ...
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If create a tag can I earn points?
So if I create Tag in stack exchange, lets say the tag is very useful, and daily lot of questions coming under that tag, for example "javascript", will I earn any points or can I increase reputation ...
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All of today's reputation lost and demoted from editor
Today I got 25 reputation but I see it is reduced to 1976 as of yesterday. I was very eager to get to the 2000 milestone and I received it.
But after a while I could see I lost 25 reputation that I ...
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Negative reputation of users in review audits
I was reviewing posts today and got the following post to review:
Note how the user has negative reputation.
If I may add "seems legit".
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Mask the reputation or identity of the asker (briefly)?
It seems as if new SO users who "demonstrate a minimal understanding of the problem being solved" yet are unable to articulate very specific details regarding the problem that they're asking about get ...
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Does a change in reputation in meta cause a change in reputation in Stack Overflow? [duplicate]
I am a Stack Overflow user.
I just wanted to know if any change in my reputation here will cause a change in my reputation in Stack Overflow?
Also, I just wanted to know since I am new to this site, ...
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Does reputation affect what entries I can see in the review queue's history? [duplicate]
When I look at the review queue's history for First Posts (as an example) on a beta site where I have a fair amount of reputation, I see my reviews and those of others.
However, if I look at this ...
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Why is my reputation not increasing? [duplicate]
I am receiving upvotes, but my reputation is not increasing. Why does that happen?
Take a look at this answer and this question for example.
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Deleting Answer decreases Reputation [duplicate]
Since two days, I was Deleting Answers which were not useful (Not Accepted and Zero Vote). But I am seeing my reputation is decreased by 5 for continuous days.In reputation tab there is no change I am ...
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Careers profile lists incorrect reputation points with linked Stack Overflow account
I (foolishly) have a Careers account with a MyOpenID login and a Stack Overflow account with a Stack Exchange login. They both have the same user name and e-mail, but something has gone wrong ...
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Why is the privilege gap between 250 and 1000 so large? [duplicate]
Why is the privilege gap between 250 and 1000 so disproportionally large? I'm not taking about absolute difference as clearly the 5000 difference between 10000 and 5000 is larger but looking at a ...
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900 reputation user review a task that requires 2k [duplicate]
How could a user with 980 reputation points review a task from the Suggested Edits review queue, which requires at least 2k reputation?
Please understand that I have nothing personal against him; ...
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More privileges for reputation between 5K and 10K [duplicate]
I just turned 10K in Stackoverflow. I was quite impressed to see how many privileges you get when passing this threshold: Access To Moderator Tools.
At the same time, I felt that some of these ...
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Should I avoid discussing subjects that I am unfamiliar with?
I'm a bit discouraged by the bad reputation that I've gained recently. Whenever I ask a question about a programming language that I'm relatively unfamiliar with, it often brings me a lot of ridicule ...
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Suggested Edits and Edit Reviews
There are many issues surrounding suggested edits and edit reviews.
I understand editing is addresses in the help section, however there is debate over what is considered minor or not.
Part of the ...
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How can a 1 rep user comment? [duplicate]
I came across this question on Stack Overflow: What is difference between const and non const key?, which has one comment by user Soerium. I hovered over his name link and saw that he has just the 1 ...
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Hours per reputation on Stack Overflow
It occurred to me, with all the user data collected from the site.
Is there a way to calculate an estimation of the average number of hours a Stack Overflow user needs to gain 1000 rep?
There could ...
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(Yet Another) Deleted Ques/Answer Issue
I had answered someone who asked a very lazy question (-5 votes, link below) that had a real-value answer (+9 votes) and due to three users deleting the question I lost all of those reputation points ...
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How does a new user begin using Stack Overflow/Stack Exchange?
As a new user, I find it impossible to contribute to the community or to even begin contributing. I know why the reputation system is in place and I respect it, but at the same time it is too hard on ...
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Why did I get -2? [duplicate]
I just notice a weird behavior in the reputations:
Why did I get -2 after deleting this question?
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“Total reputation” value change [duplicate]
A few minutes ago I have noticed a small decrease in my rep (-4), not an issue, just assumed that there were two downvotes. But when I opened my rep for today, I only had:
40 today
+10 upvote
+15 ...
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What will happen to reputations when a post turns back to normal post from C.W?
A per Community wiki description,
The original author keeps the reputation gained (or lost) before their
post entered community mode.
The original author can flag the post to moderator ...
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Why -16 reputation in my Stack Overflow account? [duplicate]
This morning I logged into my Stack Overflow account and then it displayed my account reputation like this:
But after some time I lost 16 reputation (see below). Why? I don't know.
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What happened to these edits (and the associated reputation)?
My reputation rating on SO took this hit an hour ago, and it is due to what appears to be the simultaneous deletion of multiple questions. I am uncertain why it happened, am concerned, and would ...
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Reputation deducted [duplicate]
Suddenly today 2 upvote reputation deducted. As in the image you can see last 2 entries. Can any help me know why this happened?
This is that question which I am talking about.
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Why do old questions have so many points? [duplicate]
On Stack Exchange there are some old questions—3-4 years old—that have something like 3500 votes. Now I understand that over time the questions will naturally accrue the odd vote, but this is ...
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Should community wiki answers count towards tag badges?
According to this answer
The original author still gets badges based on community posts.
The original author keeps the reputation gained (or lost) before their post entered community mode.
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What to do to boost your chances of becoming an SO moderator?
Although my account is fairly new on SO, I've been using the site since I started programming about a year ago and as I've gotten increasingly active, I would love to get more involved with the site. ...
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Missing Reputation Badge
My answer in this post
What is ImmutableArray in c# receives 4 votes.
Answer Badges rules of SO says:
Nice Answer: Answer score of 10 or more
Good Answer: Answer score of 25 or more
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Reputation reversed from my account [duplicate]
Today I found that my 145 reputation deducted from my account so can any one help about this?
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Answered a deleted question
Ok, this is my first question on meta subjects so bear with me :)
So, I happened to see a question. Trying to understand what exactly is the problem, I started asking for further info on comments. ...
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How much I must “positively contribute to the site” serverfault.com to end a posting block to my account? [duplicate]
My account got banned and since then I have been trying to improve the questions that I asked and "positively contribute to the site" following these My questions is, how long will take to my account ...
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Weird Reputation Change (How do I report) [duplicate]
On StackOverflow, I just went from a reputation 2,452 to 2,412 in a matter of seconds, no Idea how. Who do i ask and how to I report this to?
Resolved
A question had been deleted, and that is the ...
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StackOverflow Reputation Stopped Incrementing [duplicate]
A few days back I had 997 on StackOverflow, that same day it dropped to something 978 without any negative feedback. It stayed at that level the rest of the day although I was getting +1's.
Then ...
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“User was removed” means I lose my hard-earned points? [duplicate]
I have been using Stack Overflow for 2 years and 9 months. I really like the way this site works. But I am totally amused by how someone else's wrong deeds cost me my hard-earned reputation points.
I ...
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Why did my reputation down? [duplicate]
I asked a question and no one answered me. And I repeat my question with more details.
howcan i placea <div> over the <img> (responsive)?
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How can I get my first reputation
Am I really forced to ask a question before gaining reputation to vote up answers that I find helpful?
I've used StackOverflow for years in my JavaScript development, and I see myself as a pro. But I ...
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Is gaining reputation the only way to gain privileges?
I'm a relatively new user here on StackExchange, and I really like the concept and the implementation. My first question was on Stack Overflow, but it turned out to be a dud with hardly any views and ...
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Down voting bug [duplicate]
As far as I know each down vote is supposed to reduce reputation by 1 ,but I have down voted some question and answers but my reputation hasn't changed. Is this a bug or I'm mistaken
