How do you lose rating?

I know you gain ratings but how do you lose them. Few things come to mind:
1. (not true) The ratings are timed out, i.e you lose them after a fixed period such as two weeks
2. (true) You gain ratings by solving problems correctly but you lose ratings for answering a problem incorrectly
3. (not true) you lose ratings by opening up a problem and then giving up and exiting that problem without a solution

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Comments

You do not lose points.

Sudeep Salgia - 6 years, 4 months ago

Do you mean rating? You don't lose points. If you do mean rating, then i) isn't true. Only ii) is true

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 4 months ago

Siddhartha, you are correct, I did mead ratings. And thank you for your explanation

Michael Enright - 6 years, 4 months ago

:/ I misread the ii) part. Only the first part is true. I'm pretty sure the second part of ii) (the opening a question part) is false. You don't lose rating (I think) for just looking at a question. The only way to lose ratings (Again not sure) is by answering a question wrong.

Siddhartha Srivastava - 6 years, 4 months ago

@Siddhartha Srivastava – Thank you again Siddhartha. It's very nice of you to take the time to answer my question

Michael Enright - 6 years, 4 months ago

For clarity, I have edited your note.

You can track your rating changes on the Stats page

Calvin Lin Staff - 6 years, 4 months ago

Thank you Calvin. I appreciate you taking the time to respond to my post.

Michael Enright - 6 years, 4 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$