The fact that an innocuous comment like "meh" can result in a downvote that has a negative impact on your reputation is an indication that the newly implemented reputation system has flaws that we haven't even begun to grapple with. Piling on more mechanics with little understood ramifications just flirts with disaster.
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Def Agree.
yeah, but it didn't affect his rep as far as i know...
It did. Dan's rep on his dantheman account is the third highest on the site. If you downvote a user with less rep than you, they lose rep. But if somebody with less rep than you downvotes you, it doesn't have any effect on your rep... So, it certainly did matter... but it wouldn't if it went the other way.
Yes, my although my rep before and after was 57, under the hood, it did take a hit. It just wasn't reflected in the little circle.
A downvote from dan would affect his rep. Why wouldn't it?
I just remember he said in a channel his rep wasn't affected. But it seems it stayed at the same number but "under the hood" it got a hit. I guess what i can say is that it didn't affect him MUCH [ stayed at 57 ]