Questions tagged [daily-reputation-limit]
Users may only earn a certain amount of reputation each day, with the exception of reputation coming from accepted answers and bounties.
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Votes received beyond the cap not showing up in sort-by-time reputation
Today I got three upvotes and an accept on this answer. Due to the cap, not all those affected my rep. No problem.
However, my reputation view does not show 'blank score' lines for the votes that ...
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Someone has done a run on me and I'm not sure what happens now
Someone has obviously taken a shine to me and voted me up to my reputation upvote cap of 200 in the last 15 seconds.
Clearly this is going to get caught by the system and pulled back out tonight. So ...
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How is the daily score cap calculated if a downvote occurs after max?
I hit my score cap for the day with a couple of upvotes going unscored, which is what I would expect. However, I then had somebody downvote an answer of mine, which dropped my total score by -2.
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I can fudge the cap! Read: Is this undownvote-after-rep-cap behavior by design?
I was at my rep cap (245), and downvoted someone. I therefore had 244 rep. Soon afterward, I got an upvote, putting me back to 245 (thanks to the new rep rules). After that, I removed my downvote, ...
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Are upvotes capped also when counting towards tag badges? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do upvotes beyond the daily reputation cap count for badges?
I checked Meta Stack Overflow, but I didn't find an answer to this one.
When I reach the maximum reputation for ...
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Is there a way to see who hit the rep cap today?
I can see in "Users" tab you have groups for week, month, quarter, year, all, but no day. Is there an easy way to see which users have hit the rep cap today?
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Why are there upvotes without reputation in a user's profile? [duplicate]
I have noticed graphs like this in few Stack Overflow top user profiles.
Why are some posts not getting reputation?
Why are users not getting it, even if they're worth it?
Is there any daily limit ...
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200 point maximum, bounties and badges
So the other day when I came close to hitting the 200 point maximum for the day, I noticed that I actually had reached it but then the bounty I put on a question dropped me 50 (as it should) and thus ...
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No reputation gain with information "You reached reputation cap for this post" [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does “Reputation” work?
Some one has upvoted on my answer, I can see the vote count, but when I hover my profile link, I see zero reputation with tooltip "You ...
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The limit of day reputation is not calculated correctly?
As the graph shows, I have no downvote, and have 4 accepted answer yesterday. I have reached the limit of 200 reputation limit a day. So the total i should get is 200+15*4=260, but the graph is showed ...
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Breaking Rep Limit - Possible?
It seems that it is ever so slightly possible to break the reputation limit, or I am misunderstanding something. Here is what I think happened:
I hit a daily reputation limit from upvotes only. (+200)...
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Removing reputation limit during private beta
It is important for a private beta to obtain a good set quality questions and answers.
The private beta gives you the opportunity to get the site off to a
great start with expert questions and ...
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Consolation badges for hitting the reputation cap hard
Edit: I forgot about the Nice Answer badges that situation almost certainly incurs, ignore this question from now on.
Although I'm on a good way toward an 'Epic' badge on Stack Overflow, I still get ...
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Why did I receive 2 rep for getting upvote on my answer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does “Reputation” work?
I am sure there is something wrong with Stack Overflow reputation system today, please check my previous Meta question: Really I earned ...
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Epic and Legendary - hit the cap, or just reach 200? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
List of all badges with full descriptions
To get the Epic and Legendary badges, do you just have to simply reach 200 rep (say, 15 checkmarks and zero upvotes) on 50 or 150 ...
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Does the daily reputation limit really serve the community?
I've recently read Jon Skeet's blog post on Stack Overflow and it seems that there are some clearly obsessed guys out there (sometimes I observe similar symptoms in myself too), who, without the daily ...
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Centralized page for information on daily limits
Can we have some tool/page that shows:
How many up/downvotes we have given and how many are left
Same thing with close votes
Same thing with moderator attention flags
And perhaps... How many rep. ...
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Got upvote, but no reputation, and haven't reached cap yet
Something strange just happened: I have at this point 160 + 15 reputation, and I got an upvote on this answer which didn't add any reputation!
Is there an explanation for this? Did the cap get ...
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Missing reputation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does “Reputation” work?
Yesterday (in CET_TimeZone), I posted two answers on Stack Overflow:
How format the output of decimal numbers via the JOptionPane
What ...
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downvote after hitting rep limit
Let's suppose you exceed the reputation limit (you would have received 210 rep if the limit werent there) . Then, before the next day, someone downvotes one of your responses. Then your limits are:
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Why isn't my reputation updated with recent upvotes? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does “Reputation” work?
I've just received 8 upvotes for my answer, but I can only see +25 reputation; all other upvotes have no reputation increase.
Is this ...
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Shouldn't I be able to cancel a upvote on a worse answer after seeing the better referenced and logical correct one, esp. one on scientific SE-sites?
As far I researched meta, I cannot change my vote for a answer after 5 minutes, only when the answer is edited, despite how critic and brilliant the comments on this answer or another 1-2 days later ...
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Why am I sometimes not able to get full 200 rep (not counting accepts)?
Most of the time when I exceed my 200 cap, I get 200 + the sum of all accepted answers. I am curious why sometimes that is not the case. Today I had 2 accepted answers, meaning the most I could come ...
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What happens if I reach my reputation cap?
What happens if I reach my daily reputation cap? Does it prevent me from asking questions, or what happens?
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Does Stack Overflow handle reputation overflow? Have the rules changed during time? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does "Reputation" work?
Stack Overflow has existed since 2008. Until now it's been about 4 years, so about 1460 days. With maximum 200 reputation per day, that ...
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Why are the numbers in my rep counter not adding up?
I wonder why my rep counter stopped adding up, even though I got some up-votes on my question. Here is my question I asked 1 hour ago: Why do we usually use `||` not `|`, what is the difference?
I ...
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Should the reputation graph differentiate between points that count toward daily reputation cap and points that don't? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Different colors for different rep types in the new reputation graph
A user's reputation graph should differentiate between points that count toward the daily reputation cap ...
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Why does the site's idea of the reputation cap state survive recalcs?
I broke the reputation cap today answering this question, but it got merged some time later and my answer did not make it (as it became redundant then).
I briefly mourned the hundred rep points I ...
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Not given reputation points for received upvotes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does "Reputation" work?
As you can see below, a few upvotes that I received didn't register. Any particular reason?
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Extra 2 Rep on SO Today?
I had reached the daily 200 rep score on SO today (confirmed by the 4th upvote on a post not adding any rep.) The 5th upvote on that same post, though, added 2 additional rep. Any ideas what might ...
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Why is there no way to directly check the number of times you have voted or what you have voted on, on the current day?
I apologize if this happens to be a duplicate (I did not find any). I am aware of the answers in Is there a way to see the number of Questions that I've voted for? but I'm asking from the ...
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Separate rep cap for questions and answers
Recently the number of votes a user can cast was increased to 40 and the vox populi badge was created to encourage votes on questions.
Why not take it a step further and have two reputation caps per ...
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Badge Suggestion: Pinpoint Accuracy
I suggest a badge that would be awarded (one time only) for achieving EXACTLY 200 reputation in a single day. Votes above that would disqualify the user from achieving the badge; they should not have ...
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Some upvotes don't increase my reputation - is it a bug?
Here is a screenshot of my reputation for today:
There are 3 upvotes, which didn't gain reputation. If you sum the numbers on the left they indeed sum up to 245. Also I was online when the second ...
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Upvotes above your rep cap disappear from your Reputation view
Based on this answer to a previous question, I started monitoring my Reputation page. A couple of times I've seen an upvote appear with no reputation, only to have it disappear again when I refresh ...
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Is there any way of tracking votes to your answers after you've hit the rep cap?
I like to see which answers of mine are getting votes. Normally this is no trouble, since each vote is indicated by a corresponding change in reputation, and reputation changes are easily viewable. ...
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What is "10 additional "question-only" daily votes"?
Jeff said that Stack Overflow added 10 additional "question-only" daily votes (This Blog), and total votes limitation increased to 40.
But I voted 30 times in meta.stackoverflow.com today, ...
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How does Stack Overflow handle cancelled upvotes from a day that the cap was hit?
In this use case:
Five days ago, someone hit the daily rep cap (with a great overhead, say 50 upvotes for answers, that would have been like 500 rep). and his first 20 upvotes will be added, the last ...
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Question about reputation computation
I can't understand how this situation could arise:
http://aoeu.se/so/rep235.png
I'm usually able to reach 245 in reputation when I have 3 accepted answers.
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Reputation change in profile and in rep report are different
If I highlight my username a lil dialog shows 215 under todays reputation.
If I visit my profile it shows 175 as today's reputation.
If I visit https://stackoverflow.com/reputation it shows:
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Odd reputation increments?
Just today, the upvotes I've been getting make my total go up by a seemingly random amount from 6 to 10. I thought all upvotes were supposed to give 10, right? I'm absolutely sure (by looking at the ...
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How does limiting my ability to gain reputation for upvotes (200 per 24 hours) actually "level the playing field"?
I've noticed (linked on in other closed threads) that people have been saying this. In fact, to quote one post I'd like to pick apart:
It allows for others that won't gain
reputation as quickly ...
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Do I only get 360 reputation a day on SO? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How does “Reputation” work?
I've just noticed that my reputation is at 360 in SO and nothing I do (getting upvoted, upvoting, commenting, etc...) changes my ...
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Mortarboard badges being awarded as a result of bounties after recalc
(Preface: I'm not on a badge witch hunt or anything, just saw something peculiar and potentially buggy)
This user recently got Mortarboard but the only day he's gone over the rep cap is because of a ...
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Reputation cap can be bypassed by having question marked as answer after cap is hit? [duplicate]
I reached the reputation cap yesterday towards the end of the SO day. However, before the day lapsed, the answer (which caused the rep to cap, though I don't think that's relevant) was accepted, ...
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Reputation shown in graph, and mortarboard awarded, for CW posts?
I don't care, but just in case it's somehow important:
I was just awarded mortarboard, and it seems reputation from CW posts was erroneously taken into account. This reputation also shows in my ...
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strange +5 upvote
Ordinary upvoting an answer on SO adds +10, but today I get +5 upvote
is it a bug or a new feature?
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Reputation bug - downvotes on community wiki counted when it shouldn't
Today I found one instance where downvotes on CW posts are being counted and shouldn't be, and one case where CW up/down votes are being counted but maybe shouldn't.
You can see the votes I refer to ...
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How to know if the daily reputation cap is hit?
With lots of changes to SO, some questions and answers became obsolete. The letter box is gone. So how to see if the daily cap is hit?
What happens when the daily cap is hit? Is the overflown ...
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Is reputation cap accounted for in the reputation change on Meta Stack Overflow?
I see that reputation scoring changed on Meta Stack Overflow to make votes worth 5 points.
This is a little complicated to phrase, but my question is:
If a user hit the daily reputation cap ...
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