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As a new user, why can't I 'favorite', 'upvote', or 'like' any helpful posts?
I literally just joined the Stack Exchange community about an hour ago.
Why am I unable to upvote, like, or favorite any posts?
I personally feel extremely excluded from the entire community. I ...
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"Hang on, you can't upvote just yet." -- so is my vote saved or not?
I've been using the forums for years, and I've always been prompted "You can't vote but your vote is saved" or something similar when I've upvoted a question or answer. It was reassuring ...
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How did I lose 10 rep, when the answer is +3 with no downvotes? [duplicate]
I have an answer on a question titled 'How to connect speakers to a Nad 3020 amp?'
Somehow I got a -10 applied to it, but the answer is sitting at +3, with no downvotes shown.
What logic is applied to ...
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Is reputation harder to earn in 2024? [duplicate]
I recall seeing on another, non SE website:
Most reputation that will ever been earned on this website has already been earned. For new users, it's a slog to the top.
That is, older users with a few ...
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What is the reason for gaining 2 reputation points on accepting someone else's answer? [duplicate]
This question has been bothering my mind for quite some days now. When a user accepts an answer to their question, they gain 2 reputation points unless it is a self-answer. What is the reason for this?...
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How does downvote feedback work? [duplicate]
If you don't have the necessary reputation to downvote something on a given site, it'll say:
Thanks for the feedback! You need at least 125 reputation to cast a vote, but your feedback has been ...
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Why does the community bot only have 1 reputation? [duplicate]
I recently edited my post from an unlogged browser, and the edit goes to the community bot, as its profile also says:
I do things like
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Own suggested edits from anonymous users
So why can't it ...
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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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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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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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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
And
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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