As usual, this is not a question, but a bug notification and/or recommendation for the correct functioning of the site.
I just downvoted the following question 500 internal error and (surprisingly as on SO it only happens on answers, not questions) got -2 karma points. No problems, I'm working for the community (and for my karma too).
Then I "unvoted" my downvote and got a +1...Hmmm, I thought I was going to get back my +2 karma points. So what occurs if I downvote again, does it will take away one or two karma points? Gotcha! It took away 2 karma points. Attached a screen capture of the process. I think if I downvote and undo it, it should at least add back the 2 karma points that where removed.
EDIT 1
More information on the reputation calculation process from SE sites. Extracted from the blog:
First, if youâve contributed something worthwhile to the site, you should keep the reputation for that even if it eventually gets deleted. âWorthwhileâ here is defined as,
- A score of 3 or greater
- Visible on the site for at least 60 days
EDIT 2
Reported the bug as a question on the AskBot site.
AskBot is definitely undermined by bugs :( And lacks of features (compared to SE, at least)
So you are able to commit a
karma-suicide. ;-)jajaja! yes indeed @Guewen Baconnier...so upvotes will be welcomed to regain the loosen points XD And @Anto, yes, seems that AskBot yet has many bugs to correct.
The problem is that there is only one guy who maintains and dev it... Plus the bug tracker is a pure mess: http://askbot.org/en/questions/
@Anto, one guy? Didn't knew that, never visited AskBot page until now. So maybe many of these bugs can be reported there.
Gave you 10 karma point back by upvoting. So you can play with your karma. This should give you some more living-karma time. :)
BTW, another existential question, what will happen if you downvote a question and the question is deleted? Do you get back your karma?
Yep, I think it's the only "good" way to report that kind of issue ;) We've already reported some issues and the guy seems pretty reactive.
Here in AskBot no idea. But at least on SE yes, you get back all your rep points. You also loose rep points if a question is closed and you had some upvotes on an answer to that question...happened to me already a couple of times.
@Anto, I see the developer asnwers the questions, is good. And that there is an user (I guess is you) reporting these kind of bugs then better to keep it that way. Take my question and post it there if you think is worth it.
Nop, it's not me, it's the employee who had to perform the Askbot installation and configuration. But now that it's "up and running", we've been told not to spend time anymore on Askbot.