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Meta Category migration and the sandbox

Sandbox votes should give no reputation I believe this is already the case, but for completeness: I agree that neither upvotes nor downvotes on Sandbox posts should affect reputation. Although I...

posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar trichoplax‭ · 2024-10-18T14:28:18Z (about 2 months ago)
## Sandbox votes should give no reputation
I believe this is already the case, but for completeness:

I agree that neither upvotes nor downvotes on Sandbox posts should affect reputation.

Although I would encourage everyone to sandbox every challenge idea, I think the benefits of rewarding sandbox posts with reputation increases are outweighed by the disincentive to sandbox if reputation can decrease.

I also think that downvoting in the sandbox is important feedback that can avoid the final challenge being downvoted. Some people may be less inclined to downvote sandbox posts if this decreases reputation for the well meaning author, so the useful feedback is lost.

I wouldn't want to see only upvotes count towards reputation in the sandbox. In addition to being potentially confusing, this would be a one-way valve on reputation, allowing someone to post large numbers of sandbox posts knowing that they can only increase reputation, with no intention of ever posting them as final challenges.