Possible Duplicate: How does “Reputation” work?  For this
answer, i have got +8 Rep.  As per my understanding,  REP = +10
per upvote, -2 per downvote.  Why I have got +8?  enter image
description here  share|improve this question You hit the
reputation cap. –  animuson Dec 28 '12 at 20:53 You got
downvoted 4 times, which cost you 8 rep, so by the time you got
your last vote of the day before hitting the reputation cap, it
could only give you that 8 rep instead of the full 10 (because
full 10 would've crossed the daily cap). –  Anna Lear Dec 28 '12
at 21:05 Why did you start unaccepting answers? –  Chichiray Dec
28 '12 at 21:06 Seems duplicate of Reputation-calculation-
error-5-upvotes-0-downvotes-42 –  Tilak Dec 28 '12 at 21:26
@Chichiray Doesn't matter, that's the right of the person who
asks questions, to accept/unaccept as they please. –  casperOne
Dec 28 '12 at 22:01 @Jolly: sure :) But that he start doing it
after hitting the rep cap suggests that he incorrectly thought
that he could get per saldo more re