So I just noticed in my reputation change listing the following item: "-10
User was removed".
What does this indicate? Is the idea that there was a user who upvoted an answer of mine but who has since had his account deleted?
So I just noticed in my reputation change listing the following item: "-10
User was removed".
What does this indicate? Is the idea that there was a user who upvoted an answer of mine but who has since had his account deleted?
You're exactly right. When an account is deleted, all of that account's upvotes and downvoted are deleted as well.
A good thread about this, and some of its ups and downs, can be found at Don't throw away all votes when a user is deleted.