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Is there a page that explains how scores are calculated? I remember having a yellow name, but now I'm gray with a score of 15, and I don't know why. I can't search for it, because my score is too low. It says that I'm a lurker, but I've got 1200 comments over 3 years, so that seems like a pretty extreme definition of a lurker. I get if the system isn't published (helping to avoid score gaming, etc) but I'm really lost here, and if my score is as-designed and I have to make dozens of comments a day and post threads even when I don't have anything to say, that seems like a design flaw if not a technical bug.

Is there a page that explains how scores are calculated? I remember having a yellow name, but now I'm gray with a score of 15, and I don't know why. I can't search for it, because my score is too low. It says that I'm a lurker, but I've got 1200 comments over 3 years, so that seems like a pretty extreme definition of a lurker. I get if the system isn't published (helping to avoid score gaming, etc) but I'm really lost here, and if my score is as-designed and I have to make dozens of comments a day and post threads even when I don't have anything to say, that seems like a design flaw if not a technical bug.

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Fair enough. I didn't realize that was the reason. I'll take my lumps. I just didn't know this was part of the punishment. I didn't intend to disrespect the site, I was just careless. Does the penalty eventually go away, do I just bring my score back up the normal way, is there any guidance on what happens from here?

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