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I was trying to find the correlation between downvoting and losing 1 rep for the downvote.

If I understood correctly downvoting a post with a score ≥ 0 always takes away 1 reputation from me.

But I couldn't see a consistent pattern while downvoting a post with a negative score. If I'm not mistaken sometimes I lose 1 rep after downvoting a post with a score of -1 and sometimes I don't.

I used to think the pattern is much clearer with posts with the score of -2 or lower. I never noticed any loss of reputation after downvoting one such post (though I cannot claim that I have checked meticulously every single time).

But to add to the confusion I noticed today I lost 1 reputation after downvoting one ranty (not-an-)answer posted by a new user laced with expletives (this one, deleted already). At the time of downvoting it already had a score of -4 (0 - 4).
Disclaimer: I flagged the answer as "rude or abusive" from the review queue long before downvoting it and at the time downvoting the flag had a "pending" status.

What are the exact cases where downvoting leads to reputation loss? (Or rather when it does not do that)

I was trying to find the correlation between downvoting and losing 1 rep for the downvote.

If I understood correctly downvoting a post with a score ≥ 0 always takes away 1 reputation from me.

But I couldn't see a consistent pattern while downvoting a post with a negative score. If I'm not mistaken sometimes I lose 1 rep after downvoting a post with a score of -1 and sometimes I don't.

I used to think the pattern is much clearer with posts with the score of -2 or lower. I never noticed any loss of reputation after downvoting one such post (though I cannot claim that I have checked meticulously every single time).

But to add to the confusion I noticed today I lost 1 reputation after downvoting one ranty (not-an-)answer posted by a new user laced with expletives (this one, deleted already). At the time of downvoting it already had a score of -4 (0 - 4).
Disclaimer: I flagged the answer as "rude or abusive" from the review queue long before downvoting it and at the time downvoting the flag had a "pending" status.

What are the exact cases where downvoting leads to reputation loss? (Or rather when it does not do that)

I was trying to find the correlation between downvoting and losing 1 rep for the downvote.

If I understood correctly downvoting a post with a score ≥ 0 always takes away 1 reputation from me.

But I couldn't see a consistent pattern while downvoting a post with a negative score. If I'm not mistaken sometimes I lose 1 rep after downvoting a post with a score of -1 and sometimes I don't.

I used to think the pattern is much clearer with posts with the score of -2 or lower. I never noticed any loss of reputation after downvoting one such post (though I cannot claim that I have checked meticulously every single time).

But to add to the confusion I noticed today I lost 1 reputation after downvoting one ranty (not-an-)answer posted by a new user laced with expletives (this one, deleted already). At the time of downvoting it already had a score of -4 (0 - 4).

What are the exact cases where downvoting leads to reputation loss? (Or rather when it does not do that)

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pomsky
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When exactly does a downvote cost 1 reputaion?

I was trying to find the correlation between downvoting and losing 1 rep for the downvote.

If I understood correctly downvoting a post with a score ≥ 0 always takes away 1 reputation from me.

But I couldn't see a consistent pattern while downvoting a post with a negative score. If I'm not mistaken sometimes I lose 1 rep after downvoting a post with a score of -1 and sometimes I don't.

I used to think the pattern is much clearer with posts with the score of -2 or lower. I never noticed any loss of reputation after downvoting one such post (though I cannot claim that I have checked meticulously every single time).

But to add to the confusion I noticed today I lost 1 reputation after downvoting one ranty (not-an-)answer posted by a new user laced with expletives (this one, deleted already). At the time of downvoting it already had a score of -4 (0 - 4).
Disclaimer: I flagged the answer as "rude or abusive" from the review queue long before downvoting it and at the time downvoting the flag had a "pending" status.

What are the exact cases where downvoting leads to reputation loss? (Or rather when it does not do that)