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felix is correct about how moderators generally address rep complaints. There is no rule that says that rep needs to be justified. You can leave whatever positive or negative rep you want for whatever reason, and it's fine with these three exceptions:

1. If it represents a concerted effort to manipulate the system (either in your favour, in someone else's favour, or at someone else's expense).

2. If the rep comment contains inappropriate language that wouldn't be allowed elsewhere on the forum (see the rest of the Forum Rules).

3. If it represents a concerted effort to unfairly target someone (for example, if someone were neg-reping every single post someone makes no matter what just because they don't like them).

People always want to think that they're in that third category, but that's extremely rarely the case. A few neg reps here and there doesn't mean you're being targeted.

So if someone reports negative rep just because they think they "didn't deserve it", the correct moderator action is usually no action. Both positive and negative rep are equally arbitrary; that's just the way the system works. It's not surprising that we mods never get Reports/PMs complaining about unjustified positive rep.


Edit: To be more clear, this is just a reflection of the way the system works now and the way moderators currently handle related issues. If we change the system, that would change the policy. In this post, I wasn't really trying to cast judgement on the proposed changes in one way or the other.