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Why do we lose reputation when down-voting inappropriate answers?

This rule is implemented so nobody goes downvoting every answer they don't like. If you lose reputation for down-voting, you will think about it before casting it. This was also put in place so users ...
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Why do we lose reputation when down-voting inappropriate answers?

The earlier answer by @AJ is fundamentally correct in saying that this rule is implemented so nobody goes downvoting every answer they don't like. If you lose reputation for down-voting, you will ...
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How has the reputation changed for top users on IPS?

Knowing that certain users on our site may be curious, I grabbed some screenshots yesterday of the reputation league. Below is the before and after (before on the left, after on the right):
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Does anything related to activity/participation earned on one SE site extend across all SE sites?

There is only one thing that crosses sites, that I know of, and that's only partial, so to speak. If you have earned 200 or more reputation points on any one site, then you are given 100 bonus points ...
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Is average reputation score per post a good index of 'impact of contribution' on IPS.SE? What else is, apart from total score?

Disclaimer: This answer only looks at questions and answers and ignores other aspects of a user's impact, such as votes, comments, many edits, chat-usage, flags, Area 51 proposal participation and of ...
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