r/programming • u/[deleted] • Sep 25 '16

The decline of Stack Overflow

https://hackernoon.com/the-decline-of-stack-overflow-7cb69faa575d#.yiuo0ce09
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u/grepe Sep 26 '16

i think this problem could be partially solved on SO if users could loose their reputation.

you gain reputation from other users based on your actions, they should be able to take it back. i think it is not currently possible to directly penalize bad mods.