I see no pattern in the drops, but it has to be something that either affects a SUBSTANTIAL amount of X category, or it’s somehow a general drain. Because as I mentioned when I reraked, I gained 10k points and I’m #1 with triple the total points of #2 who went up 2k. And the one user I was watching dropped roughly 200 twice in 3-4 days.
So a 10k drop CAN’T be from invite points removing (I do maybe 5 a month and users get anonymized not deleted), it can’t be from flags (I’ve never flagged), it can’t be from solutions. It can’t be days visited; my site is a little over two years old and it’s 2 points per day which is a far, far cry from 10k. That leaves Giving/Receiving Likes, Posts/Topics, and posts read/time read. I’m high in all of these categories. Time read shouldn’t decrease because I can’t imagine there’s anything that removes the time your account has been active on the site.
Edit: Actually I just did the math based on all my stats in all the categories and it actually adds up nowhere close to how many points I have total (or even how many I had before the rake bump). Unless I made an egregious error here. What this discrepency means, I have no idea, but it could explain the drain somehow because it’s way above what it’s supposed to be, so the site could be recalculating and lowering it piece by piece to the proper amount…so no one is “losing”, just getting corrected…
Likes Received: 23.6kx2=47.2k
Likes Given=11kx1=11k (57.2k total)
Solution Score: 50x5=250 (57.45k total)
User Invited: 223 redeemedX10=2,230 (59.68k total)
Time Read: 29daysX24hours=696hoursX2 per hr=1,392 (61,072 total)
Post Read: 56,700/100=567x2=1,134 (62,206 total)
Topic Created: 12.1kx5=60,500 (122,706 total)
Post Created: 15.5kX2=30,800 (153,506 total)
Flag created: I’m not sure where to see this but honestly I think it’s 0-2 (so 0-20 points, negligible)
Day Visited: 878x2=1,756 (155,262 total)
Actual Stated Total in Global Points: 186,110
Maybe some users on other sites who have noticed this issue can do the same calculations with an account that has seen a substantial (or at least noticeable to a degree that 1-500 point difference won’t stand out) difference between what is reported vs. what they should actually have, and if everyone is reporting more points than the math equates then that should narrow down the issue because it’s no longer “losing” points, but correcting with the math. It’s just HOW it’s out of sync