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I was about to chat but the chat system told me I needed at least 20 reps to do so. My account seems to have been zeroed

I have over 2000 at programmers and over 5000 at EL&U, so I should be able to chat.

Apparently I'm not the only user affected, as the picture below should show, although I can't tell if they're having problems because I can't chat with them.

high lighted users with 0 rep that should have more

The image high lights Cerberus, Grace Note, Stefano Palazzo and Vitaly. All these users have more than 20 reps, but the system seems to be ignoring that.

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    Noticed; working on it.
    – balpha StaffMod
    Commented Jan 4, 2012 at 12:24
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    It's spelled "Eeeek!" :)
    – BoltClock's a Unicorn
    Commented Jan 4, 2012 at 12:44
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    @BoltClock'saUnicorn: No, it's not. An Eeeek! post is something different.
    – balpha StaffMod
    Commented Jan 4, 2012 at 13:01

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Some sort of fail (still investigating that) in chat's API handling caused chat to not know about any Stack Exchange sites – and thus users whose chat rep was updated during this fail time ended up with a reputation of 0. This should be fixed for everyone (at least after hitting F5); if this is not the case for someone, I'm hanging out in the Tavern, so let me know there.

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  • I am having the same issue. I have 26 rep and am getting a notification that I must have 20 rep to chat.
    – Pandagrrl
    Commented Feb 21, 2012 at 20:48
  • This problem seems to have reappeared. I have 52k in TeX.se and 0 on the global site. Logging in and out and closing the browser hasn't helped.
    – Alan Munn
    Commented Feb 19, 2013 at 18:27
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    @AlanMunn Yeah, same issue. Very weird. Fixed now, sorry about that.
    – balpha StaffMod
    Commented Feb 19, 2013 at 18:38
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There seems to be several people who have been locked out of the chat, and meeting other barriers that would indicate that their rep is 0.

I believe (and hope) this is just a minor glitch following a number of Rep-related problems today. The tech guys in charge are aware of this, and they are on the case.

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