# Score. Score for a Post. How is this calculated?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [28 Febrero, 2016 17:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295 "2016-02-28T17:45:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ivanrlio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ivanrlio)
#### Post date: [28 Febrero, 2016 17:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295/1 "2016-02-28T17:45:38Z")
Just curious what the ‘Score’ attribute on a user post indicates, and/or how it’s calculated. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [28 Febrero, 2016 20:44 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295/2 "2016-02-28T20:44:18Z")
Used in the summarize topic function which appears on topics with more than 50 replies.
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### Author:  [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [29 Febrero, 2016 11:42 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295/3 "2016-02-29T11:42:32Z")
As for how it’s calculated, everything is in the [ScoreCalculator](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/lib/score_calculator.rb) class 😉
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### Author:  [@ivanrlio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ivanrlio)
#### Post date: [29 Febrero, 2016 17:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295/4 "2016-02-29T17:04:31Z")
Great thanks for this!
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [1 Enero, 2022 09:03 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/score-score-for-a-post-how-is-this-calculated/40295/7 "2022-01-01T09:03:47Z")