Hi to all.

First please let me say that I'm asking the following question because I'm interested to improve my understanding of how (virtual or even real life) communities work. PM to be considered a successfull and stable community for years.

I didn't find an answer using SuperSearch for the last couple of years or on the help pages.
If I'm asking something which has been answered before please refer me to the relevant node.

My understanding of the subsection *Exactly how do votes on nodes affect my XP?* on the The Voting/Experience System node is thar there is still some chance of loosing XP even if $REP is greater than $NORM.
What's the idea behind this? -

I do understand about increasing chance to gain XP but I don't get the clue what the benefit of a loss of XP is. (Benefit for the way the community works)

Thanks for any input
RL

In reply to Why loose XP if $REP > $NORM ? by RL

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