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Because if the person giving you the rep has alot of rep themselves they have a higher rep power. If I repped you, you would get two instead of the normal 1 that you would normally get due to me having somewhat high rep. Chances are you got repped by someone with high rep themselves so you ended up with 10.

 

[BigMike19]

It's not just a high rep power, I have a higher rep than ^ does, but my rep power is only 1. I think it's a combo of how much rep you have, how long you've been a member, number of posts, etc.

 

[Guest]

The higher your rep, the more your post count, and the longer you've been registered: these are what makes higher rep power.

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