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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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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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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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The Stack Exchange reputation system: What's working? What's not?
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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.
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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 ...
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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 = ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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'...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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"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 ...
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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 - ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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