Every so often I appear to have a random reputation gain of 1. It just happened on math.stackexchange and I know that I didn't get downvoted by anyone in between. Any ideas of how that happens?
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7Now I understand, why random has so much rep. random, you lousy cheater!– Ladybug KillerJul 23, 2010 at 13:10
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Ha HA! I'm not the only one who gets inexplicable gains of 1 reputation!– Grace Note StaffModJul 23, 2010 at 13:11
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2So that's where it all goes.– randomJul 23, 2010 at 13:12
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The newest Reputation FAQ provides a number of sources for single point reputation changes, in case someone happens across this Q&A looking for an answer.– RobOct 15, 2018 at 2:49
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When you downvote a question or answer, that costs you 1 reputation. You will not get that reputation back unless you remove your downvote or the question/answer is deleted.
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1the same goes for downvoted answers, no? and don't forget this will not happen immediately but only after a rep-recalc Jul 23, 2010 at 13:38
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Aside from undoing a downvote, if you just had a rep recalc, then deleted questions can cause small changes to your rep. There are three things that confer odd rep:
- Question upvotes (+5, non-meta only)
- Accepted answers (+15)
- Downvotes issued (-1)
Undoing a downvote, or having a recalc done after the post you downvoted was deleted, will cause your reputation to change by exactly +1 if there are no other discrepancies.
You could also have a combination of the other factors. For example, if you asked a question that received 1 upvote (+5) and 3 downvotes (-6) and subsequently deleted it, you'd get +1 on the recalc.
It could also be that something was undeleted, which does happen. If you had an accepted answer on a question that was deleted (-15 on recalc), and two upvotes and downvotes (net score 0) on an answer that was undeleted (+16 on recalc), then that's also a change of +1.
I'm sure it sounds very improbable, but with enough users and posts it's bound to happen to someone.
If it still makes no sense, then check your rep audit.
There is one more reason.
When you hit the rep cap any upvotes will not have any effect on your reputation. However if you downvote a question and you loose -1 (200-1=199) from your reputation then if you get an upvote (within the same day), you will see a +1.
Check in your recent page (click the at the top of the page envelope) in the "Reputation" section.
answered Jul 23, 2010 at 13:13
Did you undo a downvote perhaps? Or a question you downvoted got deleted and your reputation was recalculated (far fetched, but possible)?
