Questions tagged [reputation]
Measurement of a user's contributions to the site, and the extent to which the community "trusts" that user with extra privileges.
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What will happen if a user who initially have the bounty privilege but lost it during the duration of the bounty? [duplicate]
There's nothing in particular about this, just that I'm curious. Let's suppose a scenario: A user gains reputation, and got the "offer a bounty" privilege (awarded upon reaching 75 rep ...
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Let answerers keep their rep for deleted questions that they had invested time and effort in
In the last month or so, an abnormally and extremely large number of my answers got deleted. There was no reason for deletion, it happened just because the question(s) with which my answer(s) were ...
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What can I do if originally accepted and upvoted answers suddenly got a large number of downvotes? [duplicate]
The last two weeks saw an exceptionally (and to some extent, abnormally, since I'm new to SO and don't have much posts) large number of downvotes to my answers. Most of those answers originally got at ...
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Stack Overflow / Stack Exchange points system exploit discovered [duplicate]
There are a number of users who are gaining points by either creating posts and having their friends upvote, or else they are copying another (often accepted) answer, and then rephrasing it. Although ...
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API returns reputation history events for deleted posts, yet no post_deleted events are included. Why? Bug? What do I do?
This SE API request for user 30382 of Mathematics site returns the following items:
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{"reputation_history_type":"post_downvoted","reputation_change":-2,"post_id&...
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Allowing Moderators/high rep users to accept answers on behalf of askers [duplicate]
Relates to Asking users to accept answer when they comment that it answers their question.
Has there been any discussion of allowing users with high levels of rep to accept answers on behalf of ...
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The moderator blocked user accounts due to voting violations [duplicate]
The situation occurred with two accounts: self SVBazuev and my daughter's AnnaBazueva.
When she sees a question that she can answer, she does it.
We often use one device, it happens like this:
I look ...
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Don't understand the message "Highly active question" [duplicate]
I don't understand the message which puts
If this is somehow protecting this question, why it gives reputation (Earn 10 reputation) instead of removing it or requiring a minimum of reputation to ...
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New User Barriers: The Reputation System's Impact on Participation [duplicate]
I'm new to StackOverflow and would like to use it more, but I'm a little confused about the reputation system. Why do you need reputation to do things like comment or vote? It seems like a barrier to ...
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Why did my reputation only increase by 2 for an upvoted answer? (reputation cap is not a factor)
Today, an answer I wrote to the question 'Why did Joseph Goebbels allow an all-Jewish Orchestra to exist and perform in Berlin from 1938 to 1941?' on History SE received an upvote. My reputation page ...
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Does downvoting reputation loss get regained when an answer is deleted? [duplicate]
Obviously, reputation is regained when a question or answer is deleted. And reputation is subtracted (-1) on my downvote- as in when I downvote a post.
But what happens if I downvoted a answer, lost 2 ...
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The alignment of rep and badges is off on the top bar
I'm not sure if this has been raised elsewhere, but on the user awards in the top bar, the alignment of text for the reputation and badges is off, and it's a bit annoying:
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Why is a user's reputation re-calculated when one of their posts is deleted?
When a user's question or answer gets deleted, their reputation gets re-calculated.
Like if my answer gets an upvote, and then gets deleted, I lose my ten rep that I gained from the upvote. I guess I ...
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Why doesn't reputation show under usernames on MathOverflow? [closed]
I landed on a MathOverflow page from the Hot Network Questions (HNQ) section and I noticed that user reputation doesn't show under their username. why is that?
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What happens to a user's pending edits when they subsequently gain enough reputation for their edits to be applied without peer review? [duplicate]
For example, on the Law stack 1,000 reputation earns one a privilege so that
Edits to other users’ posts are applied immediately
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In addition, users with this privilege level can also begin ...
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Is it allowed to give all of one's reputation points away via bounty? [duplicate]
If a person wants to leave, would they be able to give away loads or all of their points through bounties (reward existing answer mainly), or would that be flagged as some sort of offense and shut ...
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Not getting reputation for deleted-then-revised answer? [closed]
One of my answers was deleted for not having enough context around a provided link. After revising and posting an answer with more explanation, I still have not received the reputation for the answer.
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Protected questions should have a higher reputation requirement for editing and approving edits
When a question is protected it requires a certain minimum reputation to answer it. At least on politics SE this is mostly used for questions that are highly politized or opioniated. And it works in ...
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User activity reputation graph missing on Cross Validated
Typically there was a user reputation cumulative graph on the activity page.
For example, mine for Meta Stack Exchange looks like this on Feb. 28, 2024 https://meta.stackexchange.com/users/341152/carl:...
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Long loading time on reputation page
When I open my Stack Overflow profile page (when logged in) it takes a long time for the page to load. The first request takes at least 7 seconds. This is easily reproducible. It happens in all ...
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Downvoted migrated question still affecting reputation [duplicate]
I asked this question on Ask Different. It was admittedly off-topic and appropriately migrated to Stack Overflow. However, the downvote I received before it was migrated remains as does the hit to ...
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Is my reputation and reach on my Stack Exchange linked to my Stack Overflow profile? [closed]
I just linked my Stack Overflow profile to my meta.stackexchange profile. Is the platform going to link both reputations and reach together?
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How can I assign a bounty and the "accepted answer" checkmark to more than two equally good answers?
I posted a question and added a 100 point bounty.
I got (so far) three equally great answers. Each of the answers approached the problem from a different angle. All three answers are independent. All ...
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Incorrect displayed reputation difference after suspension/unsuspension [duplicate]
Bug: the displayed reputation difference on a user profile page is sometimes (always?) incorrect after an account suspension/unsuspension, e.g.:
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Why have I been able to access the Suggested Edits queues when I have <2K rep? [duplicate]
Back when I had around 850 reputation on the Mathematics Stack Exchange, I got a review task in the Suggested Edits queue for this question of mine. The thing is, this was back when I had way less ...
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Question downvotes issues in regards to the points system [closed]
I noticed that recently I am losing reputation points due to a question that gets downvotes. I don't understand how I got the points in the first place, but that's a different story.
I don't want to ...
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Could altering the level of reputation required to view and comment on deleted answers improve people's trust in the impartiality of the site?
I believe that trust in this platform and the quality and impartiality of the information it provides is very important. For this question, my assumption is that one of the things we want to do is to ...
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It appears that people are making simple edits and answers just for reputation points
I hesitate to ask questions on Stack Exchange as usually I will get lots of edits and answers, but usually the edits are formatting and spelling, and the answers are simplistic (e.g., read the ...
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Feature of posting a question as an anonymous guest user (without having an account) is not useful and it leads to incorrect answers / comments
Posting a question as an anonymous guest user (without having an account) is allowed but for commenting 50 reputations are required.
A guest user (who doesn't have an account) can't accrue any ...
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Does Stack Exchange have Inter-Community Mechanisms to Prevent Repercussions Against Contributors Who Fairly Challenge a Deeply-Held Community Belief?
Stack Exchange is a great Q&A site and often provides satisfying answers in a way that other curated platforms, such as Wikipedia, cannot. Underpinning this platform is a community. Community ...
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Having a chat server for every site
This might seem like a stupid question but I recently found out (okay maybe not that recently) that there are unique chat servers for Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange. Why cannot we have a chat ...
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User shows different rep count between two posts on questions page
I was perusing the questions on Arqade, and while scrolling down the question list on the questions page, I noticed a discrepancy in rep count for a user between two different posts.
This was on page ...
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How can I manage multiple work accounts with my personal Stack Exchange account?
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Recently I joined a charity organization which requires me to do some light coding.
I setup of my new account on Chrome which now has three accounts linked in it (Personal, 9-5 Work, and ...
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Add thousands separator to reputation in Stack Overflow blog header
The Stack Overflow blog is redesigned, and in the new design we are able to log in to the blog. Upon successfully logging in, users are now greeted with a refined header layout that prominently ...
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Minimum suspension sentencing and transparency rules
Are there rules or guidance for moderators to help them determine minimal amount of suspension time depending on the offense? Or a rule requiring transparency if the community considers the sentencing ...
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Let's prevent association bonus abuse
The association bonus grants otherwise no-rep users a lot of privileges. That's good if we trust them (great even, since it allows us to flag spam across the network), but could be terrible if we don'...
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SE is breaking the reputation privilege system
For the new genAI site, SE is planning to dramatically lower certain privileges to 1 reputation. This includes allowing every user with 1 rep to up- and downvote as well as comment everywhere. Here (...
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What about capping total rep to 20K?
What about capping reputation to 20k total. I mean rep is just about hooking new users and enabling privileges gradually. It's just about dopamine. You would think after some time contributors would ...
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When positive and negative rep changes add up to 0, I am unable to see the details on the rep list
When my answer was accepted on Math Stack Exchange, I got +15 rep.
The next day (18 June 2023), the OP changed the accepted answer, which gave me -15 rep.
The same day, I got +15 when some other ...
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Can the privilege requirements increase in a site? Can you lose them in that case? [duplicate]
For example, if you have "edit post" privilege by having 1000 reputation in a given Stack community, could the community become more popular and raise this privilege to 2000 reputation? ...
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"Voting corrected" number seems to be incorrect at first
A few days ago I got hit by a serial voting reversal. When I first visited by reputation tab, it said -230:
However, when I now visit my reputation tab, it shows -120:
The correct number is -120. So,...
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If bad AI content gets upvoted, is the voting system the problem?
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If bad AI content gets upvoted, can we use that as an opportunity to understand & improve our voting system?
Should we focus more on the fact that bad AI content is bad, and not that it ...
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"Null" error message when viewing the total vote count, if user ceases to have the privilege to see vote counts after the page is loaded
When I downvoted this answer, I got 99 reputation on MSE. As you know, by reaching 100 rep you can see the vote count totals. I downvoted the answer, and I got 99 reputation.
I didn't reload the page ...
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Do staff that leave SE still participate in the community or do they just keep their rep/status and become regular users?
I've seen a couple of Farewell posts. Do staff with high or low rep keep it after they leave the company as a status/symbol, or do they come back as regular users and just help the community?
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Why does the "User was removed" link in the achievements popup link to me?
I had a moment of panic before I found out what this message means from other questions here on meta. Why does clicking on "User was removed" take me to my profile? I wasn't the one who was ...
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Did I reach the reputation cap or not?
There was a couple of issues I faced recently with reputation on this site:
Very high reputation for post on reputation tab of profile
Different reputation on GUI and via the text reputation page. ...
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Very high reputation for post on reputation tab of profile [duplicate]
Just looked on my reputation in profile and got the following:
What's the amount of reputation is displayed next the my recent post?
Links to that post:
Prevent browser popup error on wrong regex in ...
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Reputation lost due to "User was removed" differs dependent on selected subtab in reputation history
I lost some reputation today because a user was deleted, which happens quite often. However, the amount of reputation lost changes between the 'Post' and 'Time' tabs in the Reputation tab. 'Post' says ...
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Allow me to block other users from close-voting my posts to prevent harassment and trolling
The Problem:
My daily flags are spent on a handful of people, who I see again the next time I log in with the same nasty behavior. They won't get banned, they actually have huge positive reputations ...
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What privilege do you get at 1,000 reputation? [duplicate]
I just got 1K reputation on the Role-playing Games site, and before I did, I paid very close attention to the fact that this would unlock a new privilege. However, I now have the privilege, and the ...
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