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Read the FAQ. It is not a secret. –  Oded Aug 2 '10 at 10:20
@Oded: shh! We don't want too many people knowing about the FAQ. –  Andy E Aug 2 '10 at 10:24
Possible duplicate of How does reputation work?. –  Andy E Aug 2 '10 at 10:26
-1 Because you've already had one question migrated to meta before. –  Martin Smith Aug 2 '10 at 11:49
Removed my -1 again because his first question was unjustly migrated. meta.stackexchange.com/questions/56716/what-is-an-openid-closed –  Pëkka Aug 2 '10 at 12:47
@Pekka - Whoops. Well spotted! My vote is locked in now anyway. –  Martin Smith Aug 2 '10 at 12:52
Did this remind anyone else of the In-N-Out "secret menu"? –  Pops Aug 2 '10 at 18:45

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From the FAQ:

What is reputation?


Stack Overflow is run by you! To help us run the site, you'll need to earn some reputation first. Reputation is a (very) rough measurement of how much the community trusts you. Reputation is never given, it is earned by convincing fellow users that you know what you're talking about.


answer is voted up +10

question is voted up +5

answer is accepted +15 (+2 to acceptor)

post is voted down -2 (-1 to voter)

A maximum of 30 votes can be cast per user per day, and you can earn a maximum of 200 reputation per day (although accepted answers are immune to this limit). Also, please note that votes for any posts marked "community wiki" do not generate reputation.


15 Vote up

15 Flag offensive

50 Leave comments

100 Vote down (costs 1 rep)

100 Edit community wiki posts

200 Reduced advertising

250 Vote to close, reopen, or migrate your questions

500 Retag questions

1000 Show total up and down vote counts

1500 Create new tags

2000 Edit other people's posts

3000 Vote to close, reopen, or migrate any questions

10000 Delete closed questions, access to moderation tools

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