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About 20 minutes ago I had 10100 rep, and now I see it is missing some ~36 or so rep (I just got an upvote so less now) -- but I don't see anything in my rep history to support the change.

However my meta account still shows the 10100 (now 10110) rep correctly. What happened to my main site rep?

Here is a screenshot of my main account:

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and here is my meta account to show the discrepancy.

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So what happened to the rep? and why can't I see the changes in my rep history?

Note: This isn't about "User was Removed." The bug is that my main site rep history isn't reflecting the changes like it should.

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  • Not only reputation, missing golden badges too -_- Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:34
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    I think badges don't carry over for meta. rep however does. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:34
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    Meta rep isn't updated in real time. It syncs every few hours. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:38
  • Do you have show removed posts checked? A post of yours was likely deleted. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:40
  • @Servy still doesn't answer the question of why I can't see where this rep went. those screen shots were take just now, and by your logic the SO screen shot should show the rep change, but it doesn't. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:40
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    @CustomizedName That assumes it's actually important to have it update in real time. Clearly SE disagrees with that prioritization. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:40
  • @Servy how do I toggle said option? Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:41
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    @rlemon You click the check box. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:41
  • @Servy, let me rephrase, I see no checkbox on my rep tab or preferences tab. I should also mention /reputation also omits the change. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:41
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    I imagine something wonky happened with that user removal. The history event that would correspond to that removal says "old rep = 10110, new rep = 10064". Yet in the reputation history it says you gained 4. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:42
  • @animuson yes that is also very confusing for me. yet my meta profile shows my rep and I was having a discussion just yesterday in the chats about how I needed one more rep for a nice number. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:43
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    just a thought: if a user was removed and they had downvoted me for a total of -4, but upvoted me for a total of +36, would the system maybe only show me the -4 reversal? Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:46
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    @rlemon Your reputation was already 10,110 before this happened (as of that upvote from 10 hours ago), and that's what Meta is reflecting. The removal dropped you down to 10,064 and then the recent upvote is what bumped you to 10,074. Meta profiles are updated from the main site once an hour, there are no exceptions and there's no manual process (even for moderators) of avoiding that caching restriction. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 20:59
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    @animuson ahh, makes sense. okay, but that still doesn't explain why I see +4 but lost rep :P Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 21:01
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    shouldiblamecaching.com Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 21:16

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Oh boy, this is thorny.

The gist of what happened was that multiple users were deleted and your reputation was recalculated as a result and you dropped 46 rep (from 10110 to 10064).

Why this shows up as +4 on your reputation tab is a good question. The exact sequence of events is painful to reconstruct because the recalc already happened and that effectively normalizes all rep events that remain. I'll see what I can do.

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  • Thankyou, I think most of my confusion here was that I was seeing the +4 as well as the rep drop and trying to guess what happened. All the while dealing with the deleted users spamming the chats again :/ it's been a fun afternoon :) Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 21:57
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    @rlemon To be honest, I doubt that there's an actual bug here beyond display confusion as a result of rewriting history. I'll dig more tomorrow, but it might have to wait to be fully investigated till Nick Craver's around/available. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 22:07
  • according to animuson it should reflect the net change, which makes complete sense. not being able to see this in my rep history (I would argue) is a bug. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 22:10
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    Well, here's sort of the thing... What we're showing on your profile doesn't seem to match what I'm seeing as a net change with the dev tools. But, I'm not sure if this is an issue of logging, timing, or something else. I suspect daily rep limits are somehow involved, but that's pure speculation at this point. Commented Sep 4, 2014 at 22:56
  • As a complete outsider, is it possible that some of the loss is being accounted by removing elements from the history (which would only be noticed on the profile if you went back through the rep pages and knew exactly when you got which upvote to compare) and the +4 is just from downvotes being recovered? Commented Sep 7, 2014 at 11:23

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