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Should edits get some rep for upvotes?

I think you get the wrong idea of what actually is the function of an edit. An edit should contribute to the clarity of a post. A good edit may also clarify that the question is a bad one. Sharing ...
Jacob Vlijm's user avatar
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"Weighted" reputation gains

This feature request has been brought up multiple times on Meta Stack Exchange, and as far as I know it has always been poorly received by the community. I think the main objection is that making ...
Zanna's user avatar
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7 votes
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Is there any change in reputation points to upvote a post after the "Question askers were awarded"?

There is no evidence that any privilege thresholds have changed. See https://askubuntu.com/help/privileges.
Pilot6's user avatar
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How do I check if the vote I cast in review audit is actually cast on the original post?

This post from 2017 suggests the vote does not get registered on the real post. If you want your vote to stick, you have to go through to the real post and vote. I (correctly) upvoted it as a ...
Oli's user avatar
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I know I'm good, but not that good

As Jacob Vlijm says, this is because the answer has recieved 8 upvotes and 1 downvote. Each upvote gives you +10 reputation and the downvote gives you -2. This can be verified by viewing the vote ...
Eliah Kagan's user avatar
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What do you consider a well received question?

I believe for the badges (Curious, Inquisitive and Socratic), a "well-received question" means that the question itself has a positive score, i.e. 1 or more. This can be 2 positives and 1 ...
Artur Meinild's user avatar
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How do I check if the vote I cast in review audit is actually cast on the original post?

Nothing you do in a review audit is real. I think of review audits as mock-ups based on real posts. The post score will be shown differently from the real score, the author's picture and reputation ...
Zanna's user avatar
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"Weighted" reputation gains

I gave the question an uptick, but I'm in the high rep use boat. I don't downvote though. I think it's a solid concern that easy to answer questions can get rep rockets, while hard to answer ...
RobotHumans's user avatar
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"Weighted" reputation gains

I don't think that this will be a good idea at all. One caveat I see, if the up-voting is weighted the down-voting should be weighted too. Many of us higher reputation members give out many up and ...
Videonauth's user avatar
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I know I'm good, but not that good

In addition to what Eliah linked, or if you just don't have the reputation to see the vote counts on a given post, you can also just check your reputation tab under your profile, sort it by "post", ...
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