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This user seems to have earned all their reputation from account associations alone. According to How does "Reputation" work? you have to earn at least 200 on one site to get the bonus.

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He's obviously participated on SO before, so my guess is that he's had a number of questions/answers deleted. Before they were deleted, he had 200+ reputation, enough to earn the account association bonuses. –  Cody Gray Mar 28 '12 at 16:58
They must have been on another site...but I don't know how they "unassociated" themselves from that site. Did a site get burninated? –  user7116 Mar 28 '12 at 16:59
@NullUserExceptionอ_อ see my answer. –  amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A Mar 28 '12 at 17:04
@The Establishment: I don't see any deleted posts on his SO account. –  BoltClock's a Unicorn Mar 28 '12 at 17:21

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As you see from the Google Cache of that user, that user made a new account recently. The one that google has is an older version.

It might have something to do with accounts merging or unmerging due to sock puppets.

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So I take it once the user gets the association bonus its never rolled back.. –  Some Helpful Commenter Mar 28 '12 at 17:09
@ConradFrix I am not sure. this does seem odd. –  amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A Mar 28 '12 at 17:09
Correct, he had a user that earned the bonus (later deleted) and it is never revoked. –  Nick Craver Mar 28 '12 at 23:26

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