Doesn't upvotes received after getting voted down the rep-cap yield any reputation?
These two questions sort of hit at the issue. I realize there are a lot more options on "prior art" as this is an oft discussed question. I just feel that this answer has not been properly given.
Before we start, a key:
+
an upvote you cast - only used twice to illustrate those are involved here, but honestly this isn't used for rep calculations so I just wanted to differentiate it.-
a downvote you cast on an answer=
a downvote you cast on a questionU
an upvote given to youD
a downvote given to you
Given the following scenario, this should be the end of the day rep: (broken up into 5's for counting)
7 --+-U
200 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU
200 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUDDD DD
200 DDDDD UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UU
200 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU
197 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU ---
197 ---UU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU
185 -D-+U ==UUU U=+DD DD+++ UUUU+ UU++U UU-U- U-U-+ +UUUU U+U-- -U-U- -UUUU -U-U+ U-UUU
185 -U-+U ==UUU U=+UU UU+++ UUUU+ UU++U UU-U- U-U-+ +UUUU U+U-- -U-U- -UUUU -U-D+ D-DDD
170 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- DDDDD UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU
170 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU DDDDD
-12 ----D DDD
However, these are what are actually generated at the end of the day:
7 --+-U
200 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU
190 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUDDD DD <-- problem
200 DDDDD UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UU <-- compare to
200 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUUU
197 UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU ---
200 ---UU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU <-- Martijn's other edge case
185 -D-+U ==UUU U=+DD DD+++ UUUU+ UU++U UU-U- U-U-+ +UUUU U+U-- -U-U- -UUUU -U-U+ U-UUU
175 -U-+U ==UUU U=+UU UU+++ UUUU+ UU++U UU-U- U-U-+ +UUUU U+U-- -U-U- -UUUU -U-D+ D-DDD
170 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- DDDDD UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU
160 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU DDDDD <-- PROBLEM AGAIN
-12 ----D DDD
Specifically I'm wanting to address the one case where downvotes given at the end of the day are not countered by upvotes when you didn't do anything that should negatively impact your rep completely (as the -
would always earn you a -1) and you certainly had the rep to earn the rep-cap. I realize that the system does this to prevent abuse of the rep-cap and downvoting, but I think that the current method of calculating rep where downvotes are involved is wrong because: actions you take (-
) to decrease your own rep should always count against the rep-cap; actions that affect you that you did not take (D
) should not affect the rep-cap.
For this proposal, I am not asking to recalc everyone for the past. I'm only asking that the calcs be made correct going forward.
Alternately, can someone explain why the one singular case above is "right"?
---UU UUUUU UUUUU UUUUU UUUU
(so 21 upvotes after 3 downvotes) would give you a score of 200..