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    • CommentAuthorEremenko
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2012
     
    Every time I vote down some question or answer, the system subtracts one point from my own reputation.
    Just curious: is it supposed to work this way?
    Alex.
    • CommentAuthorRyan Budney
    • CommentTimeDec 16th 2012 edited
     

    Yes, that's how it goes. The system asks you to pay for downvoting but upvoting is free. It's a clearly inflationary economy. Endless quantitative easing.

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    You don't lose points for voting down questions and answers when they are in community wiki mode.

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    This has changed somewhat in SE2.0. Downvoting questions no longer costs rep, but downvoting answers does. See http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/97838/downvoting-is-not-causing-reputation-loss and the thread linked.