Question authors receive points when moderators select answers for them, bug?

Question

So after the author of this post was so thoroughly shut down by Pokemaster, I was curious to see if they'd returned since to see what legal AWNSER they'd received. (They haven't.) However in the process, I noticed their points count totalled -18, which is a strange number considering that all they've received are down votes. Looks as if they got a couple of points back when trachy selected their legal AWNSER. This must be righted immediately.

(Jokes aside, why not take a look through these three posts I made a while back, hmm?)

;)

Comments

A little off-topic, but do points cap at -20?

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There's a limit to how many points you can gain or lose from one singular post, iirc. That post must have crossed that limit.

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Has the points cap ever been reached, I know of a person who got around -100, but nothing else

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The infamous post a few days ago has 8 downvotes, which should mean they have -80 points, but they have -18. So I assumed the points capped at 20. Perhaps I'm wrong though?

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You stop gaining or losing points at 20 or -20 up/downvotes iirc. Not sure why the - points are capped at -20

Answer 1

No, not a bug. You get the points when your answer is selected no matter who selected it. The point is basically to prevent someone else taking away or adding another user's points (e.g. a moderator selects answer, then the user undoes it and reselects to give themselves extra points; or vice versa from a mod to remove points).

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> The POINT is basically
Ha ha I get it.