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.

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
-16 votes
4 answers
403 views

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 ...
phil1008's user avatar
-2 votes
0 answers
64 views

Upvoting a question with negative score causes user to get reputation [duplicate]

To reproduce this: create a question, get a downvote, and then get a upvote. The score, that is 0 at time when the question is created, will change to -1 upon downvote, and then will return to 0 and ...
Odin Laufeyson's user avatar
-18 votes
1 answer
167 views

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 ...
The_AH's user avatar
  • 3
7 votes
0 answers
49 views

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 ...
Dragonrage's user avatar
  • 2,789
0 votes
1 answer
119 views

How can I manage multiple work accounts with my personal Stack Exchange account?

Information 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 ...
Pascal Bisson's user avatar
6 votes
1 answer
124 views

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 ...
Arulkumar's user avatar
  • 38.2k
16 votes
3 answers
620 views

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 ...
OverLordGoldDragon's user avatar
48 votes
0 answers
653 views

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'...
Laurel's user avatar
  • 50.3k
133 votes
7 answers
2k views

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 (...
Mad Scientist's user avatar
-49 votes
5 answers
409 views

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 ...
Plus jamais quoi encore's user avatar
7 votes
0 answers
205 views

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 ...
Prem's user avatar
  • 219
4 votes
1 answer
222 views

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? ...
Mauricio's user avatar
  • 221
6 votes
1 answer
256 views

"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,...
The Thonnu's user avatar
-15 votes
5 answers
762 views

If bad AI content gets upvoted, is the voting system the problem?

Summary 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 ...
Julius H.'s user avatar
  • 406
12 votes
0 answers
154 views

"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 ...
Petəíŕd The Linux Wizard's user avatar
3 votes
2 answers
317 views

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?
Big Joe's user avatar
  • 748
9 votes
1 answer
153 views

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 ...
StingyJack's user avatar
-1 votes
1 answer
402 views

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. ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
86 views

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 ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
7 votes
0 answers
52 views

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 ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
  • 248k
-28 votes
2 answers
225 views

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 ...
GitButtCoder's user avatar
-11 votes
1 answer
111 views

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 ...
Holy the 4th's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
44 views

Long title breaks strict column design on reputation tab [duplicate]

On the reputation tab in user profile page when the title is long enough it uses columns that are not intended (in my expectation) to be used for question's title: I propose to place question's title ...
αλεχολυτ's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
122 views

What is the rep bubble next to my top tag?

In the "Summary" box on my profile on Server Fault, I see a rep bubble with +20 next to my top tag: What does this number signify? I tried to search across MSE and MSO but I could not find ...
tripleee's user avatar
  • 13.4k
-12 votes
2 answers
110 views

Should ongoing support be rewarded with additional upvotes?

I direct your attention to this answer which has been sustained and updated over time. Reading through the answer shows how times change and improvements warrant readdressing questions and answers. ...
Matt's user avatar
  • 333
-12 votes
4 answers
156 views

Is it allowed to start a bounty for your unanswered question using an alt account?

Let's say a user has 2 accounts. The main account has asked a question which is unanswered. Now, is it allowed for the user to start a bounty on that question using the 2nd account given the following ...
binga58's user avatar
2 votes
0 answers
92 views

Why is this user's rep still at one? [duplicate]

This user's profile and answers both show them as having just one rep, but their rep-tab clearly shows them as having more: On the other hand: The user has not been suspended, doesn't have ...
CDR's user avatar
  • 8,572
-1 votes
1 answer
242 views

What does it mean when it says that accepted answers are immune to the reputation cap?

I post an answer, and I get 20 upvotes. It isn't accepted. Then I post a second answer. It gets 10 upvotes and is accepted. Did I earn 215 reputation or did I get 315 reputation on that day. In other ...
Starship - On Strike's user avatar
158 votes
71 answers
19k views

The Stack Exchange reputation system: What's working? What's not?

Update Thank you everyone for the feedback you have provided. At this time, we will work through the feedback we have received to help us determine where to take our research on reputation next. ...
SpencerG's user avatar
  • 8,857
2 votes
1 answer
223 views

Is it OK to create a new question asking about code in an old answer instead of waiting until my reputation is 50?

I have a question about code that's in an old Stack Overflow answer. Is it OK to post a new question asking about that code instead if waiting until my reputation is over 50? If my reputation was over ...
Bryan-StackExchange's user avatar
0 votes
0 answers
60 views

Why isn't the summation of a user's score equal to their reputation? [duplicate]

I was going over the database schema documentation and was trying to understand how the Post scoring system works. I was expecting this query: select sum(p.score) from posts p where p.OwnerUserId = ...
abbood's user avatar
  • 373
-11 votes
1 answer
133 views

Is there any way to hide my badges and reputation from others?

I ask because I believe badges and reputation serve only in creating implicit bias amongst askers when viewing answers and comments, and on the flip-side amongst commenters and answerers when viewing ...
Tempest's user avatar
  • 13
6 votes
0 answers
51 views

Achievements icon in top bar briefly badged with "0" after closing inbox

When there are (positive) changes in your reputation, this is reflected by the "+x" in a green badge on the trophy icon. When you open the achievements dialog and click somewhere else to ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
  • 248k
3 votes
2 answers
231 views

If you create a tag, you shouldn't get reputation by adding it to questions

There is a mass edit dump into the Suggested Edit review queue in Music.SE, by me. I'm suggesting several edits adding tritone, a tag that I created, to all tritone-related questions I can find. I don'...
mathlander's user avatar
3 votes
1 answer
95 views

Unrecord accidental vote on a site where I have less than 15 reputation [duplicate]

I've accidentally voted on an answer on a site where I have less than 15 reputation. I wanted to undo it, but clicking it again just returns the same message that my vote was "recorded". Is ...
Carla_'s user avatar
  • 143
9 votes
2 answers
215 views

Why does Area 51 grant reputation upon verifying your email?

You get 50 reputation on Area 51 when you verify your email address. Why is this only for Area 51, and not for other sites? I assume it is to let you gain the basic upvote/comment privileges, but I'm ...
Redz's user avatar
  • 1,486
-31 votes
1 answer
300 views

How can I cheat the reputation system?

I have been a full stack web developer and have been using computers for most of my life. I use these Stack Exchange websites a lot, to get answers, as they say, and indeed they are right! I get ...
user avatar
5 votes
0 answers
56 views

Reputation gain from the last answer displays the daily reputation [duplicate]

When navigating to the reputation tab in my profile after not doing so for a while, the latest answer with reputation gain displays the gain for the entire day. E.g., consider this screenshot - my ...
Mureinik's user avatar
  • 6,984
4 votes
1 answer
135 views

Can the Community bot receive bounties?

Is it possible for the Community user to answer a question - like here - and receive a bounty if a bounty is placed on the question? At this point in time, Community's answer is the highest-upvoted, ...
Redz's user avatar
  • 1,486
5 votes
1 answer
77 views

Long question titles break the reputation page [duplicate]

Well, "break" might be a tad dramatic, but they definitely disrupt the formatting instead of being wrapped into two lines without overflowing into the reputation or date columns. Seen on my ...
Mureinik's user avatar
  • 6,984
5 votes
0 answers
130 views

"bounty start" with reputation entry is removed from the bounty post's timeline

When there is a bounty added for a question, previously there are three entries are added to the post's timeline, such as : "bounty started" "notice added" with a comment provided ...
Arulkumar's user avatar
  • 38.2k
-29 votes
1 answer
201 views

Would anyone support a feature request to give users a "no comments" option when posting a question?

Who would support this idea of a "comments off" toggle on your own questions when you post a question? Requests for clarification would be submitted, and publicly displayed after approval - ...
shigginpit's user avatar
7 votes
3 answers
216 views

Why are approved edit suggestions worth reputation?

I'm not against it at all. I like it. I'm just curious what the rationale is/was. Of course I agree that good edits are good and that good things should be incentivized, but why with rep? The help ...
starball's user avatar
  • 21.5k
8 votes
1 answer
185 views

What exactly causes the reputation bubble (counter) in the top bar to reset?

Sometimes when I view my reputation changes, the reputation notification bubble in the top bar disappears and starts counting from zero again. How can I avoid this? In other words, when exactly does ...
tripleee's user avatar
  • 13.4k
6 votes
1 answer
163 views

How do I get the association bonus if someone moved my post to another Stack Exchange site?

I originally asked the question Which heat pad content materials will keep me warm the longest? on Physics Stack Exchange - it was my first question on the site - and I think I got the association ...
Kjara's user avatar
  • 163
3 votes
0 answers
60 views

Is it possible to find out which questions were affected? "removed +30 User was removed (learn more)" [duplicate]

I'd thought for a while that someone was periodically downvoting my answers, normally right after posting, but smart enough not to get caught immediately. I'd presumed it was a sock puppet account. ...
Philip Couling's user avatar
4 votes
0 answers
78 views

Why does seeing the up- and downvote count as a privilege? [duplicate]

Why can't all users see upvote and downvote counts? Is it somehow problematic for new users to have this information? The total score doesn't show all of the relevant information (+5-4 and +1-0 are ...
Someone's user avatar
  • 1,910
6 votes
1 answer
177 views

Is there any way moderators can view the "actual reputation score" of a suspended user, other than from the flags dashboard?

Users who are suspended have their reputation score reduced to 1 for the duration of the suspension. For moderators, sometimes it may be helpful to know the "actual" reputation score of the ...
Rand al'Thor's user avatar
  • 33.3k
7 votes
1 answer
156 views

Is there a path for other SE sites to have rep hidden by default like MathOverflow?

Looking at MathOverflow, I noticed rep and badges from all users was hidden by default. It's a very interesting concept and I was just curious if another SE wanted to have their rep hidden by default, ...
Dom's user avatar
  • 2,706
8 votes
1 answer
147 views

Which sites have the most prominent top users?

I was looking at the top users of Chess Stack Exchange and noticed the top user @BrianTowers has more than twice the reputation (79k) of the next user @PhishMaster (32.1k). Are there more Stack ...
Glorfindel's user avatar
  • 248k

1
2 3 4 5
90