At arround 13:35 EST, I up-voted a response to a SoPW question,
Re^2: howto replace part of a string, and clicked the "vote!" box. When the page refreshed and I scrolled down, I saw the notation below giving the Reputation as "0". I hit the back button to make sure I had clicked the "++", and I had.
Maybe the reply I voted on started out at -1 and I brought it up to "0", but the reply seemed very straightforward and non-controversial, and the updated notation said "(no significant downvotes)", which also argues against its starting out negative.
I'm curious to know if I'm misunderstanding this in my new-ness to PM. Here's the beginning of the reply:
Re^2: howto replace part of a string
by Tanktalus on Jun 14, 2006 at 15:28 UTC
Reputation: 0 (no significant downvotes)?
Well, for starters, you're using 5, 4, and *, rather than
+10 and 20. Secondly, you're ignoring the warning message: ...