I find it strange, and maybe someone can explain this to me.
Yesterday I had a reputation score of 3992. Today my reputation score is 3302.
I see no indication why this would have happened when I look at my reputation page.
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5There's a "show removed posts" checkbox at the bottom of the reputation page, make sure you have that one checked– Mad ScientistAug 8, 2012 at 8:23
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The posts which you've answered/edited would have been removed. Click show removed posts to see them– Bhuvan Rikka 웃Aug 8, 2012 at 8:25
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I can not see any clue there as well why my points are missing...– Patrik SvenssonAug 8, 2012 at 8:59
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You need to read about reputation recalc– Ozair KafrayAug 8, 2012 at 9:13
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4@OzairKafray The reputation recalc is not needed anymore, the reputation should now be reasonably current at all times.– Mad ScientistAug 8, 2012 at 9:57
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Reputation recalc does not show anything that explains what happened.– Patrik SvenssonAug 8, 2012 at 11:19
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2 Answers
There are four big cases where you can lose a lot of reputation at once:
One of your posts was deleted, this will remove the reputation you gained for that post unless it was a significantly upvoted post on an old question that was only recently deleted. This leaves an entry in your reputation history
A user was deleted and all his votes were removed. This would usually affect a lot of users at once, and it also leaves an entry in your reputation history.
There were anomalous votes from another user towards your account and they were invalidated. You should have heard from a moderator about that if it happened, and it also leaves an entry in your history.
Your account was merged with another account that had voted a lot for you. This removes all the votes between the two merged users, and it is the only case I know that doesn't leave an entry in your reputation history. You should have heard about this from a moderator as well, and would likely be suspended for sock-puppeting.
The only other explanation I can think of is some kind of bug in the reputation code.
answered Aug 8, 2012 at 11:55
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I haven't done anything wrong what I know of, and I haven't heard from a moderator, so I guess there must be a user that was deleted. Thanks for your help. Kind of sucks losing 700 points though. Aug 8, 2012 at 12:05
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@Patrik I doubt that, a deleted user would have left an entry in your reputation history. Aug 8, 2012 at 12:06
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Hmmm. OK. Really weird. Is there any way of getting someone to look at this? Aug 8, 2012 at 12:09
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Just wait for a while and likely someone from SE will see this post (most of them are just waking up now). Aug 8, 2012 at 12:13
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@Patrik - I took a look at your reputation history and I don't see the drop you're reporting. On July 11, your reputation was 3247 and it was 3267 on July 21. At no point do I see it hitting anything above the 3307 you're sitting at right now. There are no merged users, deleted users, or recent deleted questions that I see, so unless there's a bug in the system somewhere, you never had the 3992 points to begin with. Aug 8, 2012 at 15:43
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@BradLarson: I cannot see it either, but I sure had. I was thrilled about reaching 4000 points. I had my browser opened at work, and when I refreshed the page when i arrived this morning, the points dropped. Aug 8, 2012 at 16:07
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@Patrik - I think you might have misread your reputation score yesterday. You had 3292 points yesterday according to the history I see, not 3992. Aug 8, 2012 at 16:21
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This is possible because of deleted posts.
Go to your profile. And check the "show removed posts" checkbox. You now see the effects of deleted posts.
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I can't see any clue here to why the points are missing. Reputation recalc doesn't show anything usefull either. Aug 8, 2012 at 11:20