This behaviour is by design. The idea is that a user is not considered to have enough experience with the topic of the site, so only rep earned on the site is counted: Why is the Association Bonus ignored when trying to answer a protected question?

Part of the boilerplate includes:

To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site.

See also: Improve "Protected Question" message with regard to rep gained through Association Bonus

This behaviour is by design. The idea is that a user is not considered to have enough experience with the topic of the site, so only rep earned on the site is counted: Why is the Association Bonus ignored when trying to answer a protected question?

Part of the boilerplate includes:

To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site.

See also: Improve "Protected Question" message with regard to rep gained through Association Bonus

This behaviour is by design. The idea is that a user is not considered to have enough experience with the topic of the site, so only rep earned on the site is counted: Why is the Association Bonus ignored when trying to answer a protected question?

See also: Improve "Protected Question" message with regard to rep gained through Association Bonus

This behaviour is by design. The idea is that a user is not considered to have enough experience with the topic of the site, so only rep earned on the site is counted: Why is the Association Bonus ignored when trying to answer a protected question?

Part of the boilerplate includes:

To answer it, you must have earned at least 10 reputation on this site.

See also: Improve "Protected Question" message with regard to rep gained through Association Bonus