Down Vote to New Users Question

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suppose a new user question got so many downvotes, will his reputation go to a negative value.

ie, a new user might with 10 reputation,

and got six downvotes for his question (assume that a downvote costs 2 reputation).

what will be his reputation.

waiwai933 · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-21 07:12:24Z

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No, 1 is the lowest possible reputation.

answered Jan 21, 2011 at 7:12

waiwai933

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...which doesn't mean it's fine to ask such a terrible question.
– badp
Jan 21, 2011 at 8:45
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No, when evil Jeff took over for a day (the one without the goatee), reputation mysteriously turned into a signed integer. They just use abs() when displaying it so certain people don't feel bad ..
– user50049
Jan 21, 2011 at 8:59

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ЯegDwight · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-21 10:55:07Z

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Also to add if I were to have a downvote when I have 1 it will not be taken away when I get say an upvote.

ЯegDwight

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answered Jan 21, 2011 at 10:10

Benny

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