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How to see the user's reputation graph?
My browser displays the user reputation in the user's Activity page without a graph:
How can I display the user reputation with a graph, as shown in the image below?
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Low rep more prone to not providing feedback
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As per answers, I want to clarify that I am not merely focused on
upvote, and
acceptance
of answers, which are two forms of providing feedback.
I am also referring to
editing questions ...
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Why posting meta requires only 5 reputation?
Why posting meta requires only 5 reputation? Why not something like 25 or more with the requirement of having some particular badges?
A new user automatically gets 1 reputation. So, to get privilege ...
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User Removed, and I lost 590 points! [duplicate]
A user was removed, and I lost 590 rep points!
The reason that this question got asked again, is I still don't understand why us (other) users get penalized because some user got removed. Their votes,...
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What is the logic behind editors losing reputation when a question is removed?
Before marking this as a duplicate of this related question, take into account that my question is about the reason why this happens, not the cause of it, which is what the answer to that question ...
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How do I quickly gain reputation?
What is the simplest way to up your reputation points so that one can use all features offered by this site?
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What is required to become a moderator?
I can see some moderators editing posts here...
These moderators have little reputation points such as 100 approx. and few silver and bronze badges.
I wish to know what it takes to be a moderator on ...
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How to earn points as an Ubuntu noob? [duplicate]
I've been a member of Ask Ubuntu for over 2.5 years, but because I'm always fighting with Ubuntu, I only ever have questions and never any answers. However, all questions I have are already asked.
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Don't be too eager to answer a question you know the answer of
Readme
This question is not a personal complaint towards anyone. That's the reason I'd rather not give examples and I don't think I need to. The question is a call to be a bit more aware of what we ...
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Should reputation be reduced over time, when a user is inactive?
I'm wondering if reputation decay when a user is inactive, maybe users contribute more? Is this a motivation or not? Will this have the positive results (more contribution) or will have the opposite?
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High Votes on High Rep Users' Posts
I have seen that sometimes, users with a relatively high reputation get a large number of upvotes on simplest of the simplest answers. However, the answer will not have so much value that it shows a ...
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"Weighted" reputation gains
I have noticed that you can gain a lot of reputation if you are the first person to answer a quite simple question which concerns a large audience of mostly beginners. However on the other side a ...
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Mystery missing 10 reputation [duplicate]
As you can all see in the screen shot below I apparently had 400 rep
However when I went to the reputation tab on my profile page it says i have 390 rep nor is there any entry to show the reputatuon ...
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How can I increase my reputation on Ask Ubuntu?
I notice some users with very high reputation scores. What is their "trick", and how can I increase my reputation?
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Why that stupid reputation system?
Seriously. I couldn't post images because I didn't have ten "reputation" points. Come on. I posted a link and then people who are able to edit had to turn it into an inline picture. Just, why?
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More than +200 reputation in a day: how is this allowed?
As you can see, I didn't receive any bounties but I still got more than 200 reputation! What does it mean?
It has also happened to me before but I thought that was because I edited a lot of posts, ...
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How can a new user escalate an old unanswered question?
This question comes via an anonymous submission to Ask Slashdot: The problem with "Ask Ubuntu"
Say a new user has a problem, searches Ask Ubuntu and the UNIX site for a solution, and comes across an ...
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How do questions in meta affect bans in main (or vice-versa)?
I have a question ban on the main site saying:
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account. See the Help Center to learn more.
So I go to help center and it tells me:
How can I ...
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Reviewing tool should be less flexible by enforcing the Skip option rigourously
When you are reviewing posts, you are faced with three options: Skip, I'm done (after some change), Nothing to review.
Ideally, when you make a change like edit, flag, comment, or vote, the "I'm done"...
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Is it ok for my reputation to be edit-based?
In this post I asked whether I should continue barraging my peers with edits. I still have one question, though. I've made around 20% of my reputation off of edits. Is this honest, or should I cut ...
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Can only flag as "very low quality" if is not in the positive for votes
I have recently noticed that you are unable to flag up answers as "very low quality" if they are in the positive for votes (1 or above). Now I can see why this is in place, however I believe that this ...
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Question time period limit
I sometimes have more than 6 problems in a 24-hour period, or more than 50 in a 30-day period, so I think that it would be really good if the limit could be raised, or if you could add to your limit ...
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Why does a user start off with 1 rep, and not 0?
Why does a user start off with 1 rep, and not 0? Is there a real reason for this? Or was it just decided because it wouldn't make much difference if it was 0 instead?
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Why are only mods allowed to vote to migrate a question to another site (not including the site's Meta site)?
As far as I currently understand it, there are no users other than mods who can vote to migrate a question. Why isn't this ability granted to at least higher rep users, or at least to give users the ...
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AskUbuntu permissions [duplicate]
I was looking at the permissions available to me, and was wondering why upvoting an answer is unlocked before commenting on any thread. I understand that it's, in part, to reduce commenters who spam ...
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50 Reputation on comments is too much? Add new function to suggest?
I have low reputation as you see. And the problem i see with this is, that when i try to troubleshoot someone's question that requires some active or continuous communication, or a suggestion like "...
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Leaving easier questions for less experienced users
I'm still fairly new to Ask Ubuntu, and trying to build my rep steadily.
I have a bit of solid knowledge in some areas, and try to apply that to answering questions (only if I know what I'm talking ...
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Should I consider the timeline while accepting an answer?
Assume that, I get an answer to my question that is OK, and i accept it. After a while I get another answer that is seemed to be more OK.
Now what should I do? Should I accept the new answer? If I ...
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why do I get 15 reputation if my answer is correct
This was first time when my answer was marked correct, and I got straight +15 reputation.
So, can anybody tell me why is it that we get such a boost by giving the correct answer? Why is this website ...
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why do I get more points by editing the same question twice?
I edited this question twice. The first time I fixed the code layout. I didn't see the spelling mistakes, so I had to edit it twice.
Instead of getting only 2 points for the edit, I got 4. But it ...
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Is that possible if my reputation drops to zero (0)?
Just curious enough, so is that possible if my reputation drops to zero?
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Why?
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Downvote on a closed question causes decrease in asker's reputation? Is this new?
I had opened a question in Ask Ubuntu when I started using the site, without knowing much.
That question got closed as off topic. Here it is: https://askubuntu.com/q/99028/35775
Today I noticed that ...
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How to improve my accept rate?
On several SE sites, my accept rate is below 90%. The reason isn't that I just neglect to accept the answer that solved the problem, but rather that no answer was really helpful. My concern is that ...
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Why are you only allowed to comment with 50 rep?
Why are you only allowed to comment on other people's posts when you reached 50 reputation? In my opinion comments are a good way to ask people to clarify their questions or add additional information ...
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Why does voting down decrement Reputation
if an answer is wrong , then we can vote it and the wrong answer goes down the list,but why decrementing the hard-earned reputation??
we need to bring a change to that policy.
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Reputation policy needs to be revised
Please read the whole body before just clicking downvote button.I am sure there are more people who would just vote down without reading whole body.
What is reputation?
According to the help page, ...
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Why do you need reputation to use certain tags?
Aren't tags used to help people find your question easier if you posted something similar to what their looking for?
If so, then why does this site disallow people from posting certain tags that seem ...
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Badge doesn't update reputation in real-time
My Ask Ubuntu badge is inserted on my personal blog. So, when I visit my blog or I write on it, I can also check my status updates. But today, I have observed that the updates are not not in real-time,...
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Does user with more reputation get any profit?
What does reputation do except providing a different level of privilege?
What is it about? I find people competing for reputation in this askubuntu page.
Isn't this page about solving each others ...
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What is up with the Ask Ubuntu points? Why do I loose so many points?
I noticed that there are Ask Ubuntu points and I've lost tons of them. I have no clue how to get more. Do I loose points for asking questions?
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-1 reputation for nothing
Ok I am wondering why and how I can remove negative reps on ask ubuntu. I know how to search for questions and answers before I ask. Then someone comes along and gives me a down vote because they ...
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100+ reputation when hitting 200
I just passed 200 reputation on AskUbuntu, and then I received another 100 reputation for Association Bonus.
The 100+ bonus because I reached 200 on AskUbuntu didn't push me past 200 on any other ...
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Why is reputation required for "Trusted User" privilege greater than "Access to moderator tools"?
I was looking at the privileges and found that the reputation required for the trusted user privilege is more than that required for access to moderator tools.
Why is it so? Does this mean that ...
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Does receiving no reputation for good comments pollute the Answer?
As you get no reputation for good comments it makes more sense to add your comment as a answer so you might get some reputation. I have seen that done quite often. Answers given that should really be ...
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Can I accept two answers on a question?
Can I accept two answers on a question? Is the points / reputation given to both of the user who answer (15 points / reputation for each accepted answer on a question)?
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Why don't "useful comment" results give reputation?
I saw the "Does upvoting a comment add to the commenter's reputation" question already, but seriously: this seems like a bug, not a feature.
There are questions to which there is no answer, but there ...
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Top xx % this week/month/year percentage meaning and why it didn't write the rank (than percentage)?
What is the meaning of the percentage of top xx% this week/month/year? I know if I click the top xx% this week/month/year, I will be directed to the user reputation leagues.
Why it didn't write the ...
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Editing an answer (or question) can make it get more upvotes. Shouldn't the editor also get credit for these later upvotes?
Editing can substantially change an answer or question. These changes, if accepted, may increase the value of the answer/question and the number the up-votes it gets. These should be reflected in the ...
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Biased votes at answers
That's something I have noticed at many questions in this site.
A user with a reputation of 20 has posted a great answer but has not received any up votes.
On the other hand, a user with 5k ...
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Should a second, short edit be awarded with reputation points?
See this answer.
I edited an answer. This edit was accepted, and I was granted 2 reputation points. Thirty minutes later, I realized that I made a small mistake. So I re-edited the question. This ...
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