Q:

I thought downvoting was free now

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How does “Reputation” work? 

Today I downvoted this answer and for some reason I got a -1. This was the first time this happened and I've been a member for about two months now. 
Acording to this thread downvotes were made free a while back. Did you guys just revert that policy three minutes ago? 
-1   2 mins ago downvoted   -----------------------------------------

A:

Downvotes on questions are free. Downvotes on answers aren't, nor were they ever. 
Community wiki answers are an exception.

