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when I signed in why did I get -8 points?

Thsi si waste of 5 ,but ill mak eit up , but i signed in and it said I had -8 points, why is this , I just signed in, Ihave not asked a question , I thought highest was -5 to ask? still newish thanks

Update:

Oh my questions are pretty clean and so are answers , I have seen worse on here. Is there a way to check if you wa sreported, ill prob lose another -5 gfor adding tip,But the - 8 was all at once as soon as I signed into A&Q.

Also got - 5 to ask this and also another -5 for this q , it charged me Twice lol and then I just clicked on vote tab and got a + 1 without voteing?

Update 2:

Ok I did get a Q removed ,I guess they did not like my answer? Anyhow this explains only one thing though -2 points? I have lost like 13 points all together, and no other q was removed but one, So is it just a bug with rest? -5 to ask this Q

-5 again for same Q

-8 when I logged on today

+1 pushing on vote button? without voteing

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  • JuanB
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    If you haven't done much since logging on. Click on your nickname to get to your My Q&A Home. Scroll down a bit and on the far right is the recent activity listing the last half dozen events. 1 or 2 might still be listed and enough clues to see what is going on.

    The -8 was for all the activity while you were offline. So it could have been -2 x4? Or -10 plus 2? Just examples.

    The last question it said you answered DOESN't have an answer listed from you. Deleted? If so, I believe they email the abuse report to you. With the names not listed to protect the guilty.

    I just checked the update. Deleted questions are now -10, not -2. So that bodybuilding deletion cost you -10 while you were offline, plus 2 point somehow - probably thumbs up votes.

  • 1 decade ago

    If you were reported and your question/answer was removed then it costs you 2 points. Maybe that happened. Or perhaps you asked a question before you signed off and it just wanted to let you know.

  • 1 decade ago

    You might have been reported, and your answers taken down. Each answer removed is -2 points.

  • 1 decade ago

    Where did you sign ?

    A personal advice, dont sign anywhere, particularly on a blank cheque

    ;-D

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