In the top bar, the green “achievements” number shows +14. But when I open the dropdown, I see four items totalling +20. Why does the total not match the sum of the items?
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This post was deleted (by you), resulting in a net -16.
Just like your profile, we don't show changes due to deleted posts in the achievements dropdown. They are however available in your profile if you opt to see them via the checkbox at the bottom of the reputation tab.
answered Dec 5, 2013 at 14:17
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2@Cruncher another +10 came in when he clicked the inbox that isn't yet rendered, simple timing issue there.– Nick Craver ModCommented Dec 5, 2013 at 14:36
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17The rationale for not showing deleted post was not to draw attention on them. If you follow that rationale, you shouldn't display the reputation reduction either: the wrong math a flagrant invitation to go digging and trigger meta drama. If you don't follow that rationale, then display the deletion event. Commented Dec 5, 2013 at 16:44
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1@Gilles the reputation totals for today on the previous hover and on your profile tab have the same behavior, and have for years. We have no intention of changing it.– Nick Craver ModCommented Dec 5, 2013 at 17:41
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3Why not show which posts were deleted? Maybe at least a checkbox at the bottom of the menu, to show which posts got deleted?– cnstCommented Jan 27, 2014 at 20:21
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1"They are however available in your profile if you opt to see them via the checkbox at the bottom of the reputation tab." This must be done manually for each of a potentially large number of accounts individually; if you want to see that information and make the sum make sense it is rather difficult to do (and I'm not even sure it'd be evident then, without scrolling through the past activities for each site).– WBTCommented Feb 21, 2016 at 19:55
:)+is at the wrong position. I should be1+4, then it would match your todays gained reputation. :-)new top bar can't adddoesn't catch the eye as much. The word math really just shows that the calculation, however arrived at, was wrongtop bar does new math? (for people too young to understand the reference: new math)