I have been a Stack Overflow volunteer for more than 9 years and over the years I have built up a reputation of almost 10,000.
Suddenly my reputation decreased by 2600+ for no apparent reason. How can I find out the reason for this?
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19The usual reason for a drop like that is a large voting ring that was voting on your content to help obscure their illegal voting pattern was found and nuked.user4581301– user45813012023-07-21 18:29:26 +00:00Commented Jul 21, 2023 at 18:29
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3No (private) updates here?user357051– user3570512023-07-21 18:45:16 +00:00Commented Jul 21, 2023 at 18:45
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1Now reputation jump 6.681 to 8,806 in is definitely bugSlava Rozhnev– Slava Rozhnev2023-07-21 19:00:58 +00:00Commented Jul 21, 2023 at 19:00
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2Looks like the cleaners are still at work. You seem to have gotten about 2000 of that rep backuser4581301– user45813012023-07-21 19:01:36 +00:00Commented Jul 21, 2023 at 19:01
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1And the usual cause is is not the true cause. Truly these are unusual times.user4581301– user45813012023-07-21 21:13:51 +00:00Commented Jul 21, 2023 at 21:13
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It's not a bug. There were some spam flags raised against your account by staff. After discussion, moderators reversed the spam flags and took a different path so you got most of the rep back (not all, as we did remove some posts).
You have a message in your inbox related to this. Apologies for the confusion on the rep.
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14Is there anything other users should be aware of to avoid this situation? (if you can share it without compromising this user's privacy)tgdavies– tgdavies2023-07-22 06:06:06 +00:00Commented Jul 22, 2023 at 6:06
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