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Demystifying chat reputation requirements
How much reputation do you need to participate in chat?
It's an easy answer, right? You need at least 20 reputation to participate in chat. /privileges/chat even tells us so.
But for which chat site(...
user194162
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Rationale for having different rep requirements for uploading images to the chat and the main site
To post an image in a question/answer an user requires at least 10 rep points (see here).
To be able to upload an image in the chat, the rep requirements is instead 100 rep point (see here).
Is there ...
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Why does chat profile reputation seem inconsistent?
The reputation on chat.SE is supposed to be all your 200+ rep accounts' reputation combined. Now why is it that Jon Skeet's chat profile does not include his MSO reputation, but otherwise includes all ...
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Total reputation is different in chat and flair
My total reputation is displayed on the flair as 31K:
On my Chat.SE profile it is displayed as 32.5K:
There's a difference of about 1500 points - where are they?
I've refreshed the flair image to ...
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Does reputation on sites with site-specific chat servers count toward the ability to chat on the general Stack Exchange chat server? [duplicate]
In other words, say, if I have 20 reputation on Stack Overflow, does it count toward the ability to chat on https://chat.stackexchange.com/?
Stack Overflow and Meta Stack Exchange have their own chat ...
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How do inexperienced members get enough reputation to participate in the chat rooms?
I recently found out there is a chat room on this site. Previously i had just thought it was forum questions
My question is how do i gain reputation needed to get access to chat rooms
I've tried ...
dazza_au
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Moderator moves comments to chat - can low-rep user participate?
Something that isn't clear to me in the other discussions on this topic:
Low-rep users can't write comments on anything other than their own posts (questions or answers) or answers to their own ...
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182 reputation on Arqade, but cannot chat in affiliated room
I am an active user on the Stack Exchange network, and participate in a few of the sites. I just heard about the chat room The Bridge, and it seems I can’t chat there. However, I have:
182 reputation ...
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Why aren't chat username and avatar privileges revoked upon the user losing the required rep (including via suspension)?
Generally, if a user gains a reputation-based privilege, the user will lose it if they later fall below the required reputation.
I've found that this has one major exception in chat. Users without ...