Negative vote count

I just upvoted cavac’s Re^8: chatterbot has no XML version, and was surprised to see it in negative rep. Did a double take and saw the following:

Reputation: -9 (+-3 -6)

So my ++ has been converted into a --? Worst Nodes shows a rep of -9, so the error isn’t just local to cavac’s node.

Gremlins in the system?

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Re: Negative vote count by talexb (Chancellor) on Apr 18, 2024 at 16:59 UTC
That's weird, because the result of +3 and -6 should be .. -3. Perhaps one of the gods can have a look at the DB and find out what's going on. Alex / talexb / Toronto Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.	[reply]
Re^2: Negative vote count by LanX (Saint) on Apr 18, 2024 at 17:04 UTC
> the result of +3 and -6 should be .. -3. it's `+-3 + -6` I remember seeing similar bugs, like 0.5 votes. (Which came from the formula used ... and some time outs during voting IIRC ?) Edit And it's not the first time we see `+-votes` Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Negative vote count by LanX (Saint) on Apr 18, 2024 at 20:44 UTC
> And it's not the first time we see +-votes there Reputation: -4 (+-0.5 -3.5) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) see Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re: Negative vote count by erzuuli (Cannon) on Apr 19, 2024 at 02:12 UTC
I'm keeping the node's rep at -10, to keep it out of sight of those who would find it delectable, i.e. those trolls named therein. See RFC: Hide Very Bad Answers From Visitors Don't worry, cavac will get the ++XP arising from upvotes to the node.	[reply]