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posted by NCommander on Wednesday May 20 2015, @10:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the community-pulse-check dept.
After my last SN post the topic of moderation was brought up. Since its been quite awhile since we last openly discussed the state of moderation, I want to give the community a venue to discuss their feelings on it, and if the system needs further refinement. As a reminder, here's a review for how the system is currently setup:
  • 5 mod points are handed out to at 00:10 UTC to users with positive karma
  • ACs start at +0, users with karma less than 40 post at +1, users above that can post at +2
  • You need 10 karma to mark some spam or troll
  • Under normal circumstances, the staff do *not* have unlimited mod points, but can (and have) banned abusers of the moderation system

Please also review our SoylentNews Moderation Guidelines.

As always, we are willing to make changes to the system, but please post examples *with* links to any cases of suspected mod abuse. It's a lot easier to justify changing the system when evidence is in black and white. I also recommend that users make serious proposals on changes we can make. I'm not going to color the discussion with my own opinions, but as always, I will respond inline with comments when this goes live, and post a follow up article a few days after this one

 
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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Marneus68 on Wednesday May 20 2015, @10:14AM

    by Marneus68 (3572) on Wednesday May 20 2015, @10:14AM (#185366) Homepage

    While I wait for any evidence of the contrary, I think the way the moderation is handled on the site is working fine now. I really the way it works.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +3  
       Insightful=1, Interesting=1, Informative=1, Total=3
    Extra 'Insightful' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   5  
  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @11:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @11:53AM (#185411)

    > I really the way it works.

    I also the way it works.

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday May 20 2015, @04:42PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Wednesday May 20 2015, @04:42PM (#185576)

      Having the button next to the mod dropdown makes it a lot harder to accidentally the wrong moderation, too.

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      "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
      • (Score: 2) by coolgopher on Thursday May 21 2015, @01:55AM

        by coolgopher (1157) on Thursday May 21 2015, @01:55AM (#185853)

        Having the button next to the mod dropdown makes it a lot harder to accidentally the wrong moderation, too.

        Yeah, but it's still possible to accidentally the whole internet though...

  • (Score: 2) by richtopia on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:36PM

    by richtopia (3160) on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:36PM (#185485) Homepage Journal

    I agree. I could foresee problems in the future if the site gains orders of magnitude more traffic, but then the conversation could be reopened then.

    Currently the largest issue I see is a lack of moderation, for each article very few comments make it beyond +2. Which is fine, given that the discussion is typically 30~50 comments long, and rarely degrades to the point that I am disappointed with the community.

  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Wednesday May 20 2015, @04:49PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 20 2015, @04:49PM (#185581)

    While I wait for any evidence of the contrary, I think the way the moderation is handled on the site is working fine now. I really the way it works.

    I just wanted to add that the last couple of months on Soylent have been particularly hospitable. I'm quite happy with the moderation of late. I'm also familiar with the whining AC. He reminds me of a customer I had when I worked in retail that would go from store to store, try to return something he had obviously shrinkwrapped, then act all enraged like we had somehow wronged him. He'd try to use that rage to try to get us to kiss his butt and make the illegal return go through. Despite several attempts over the course of a year he never, to my knowledge, succeeded. That's the image I have in my head when I read these posts by the AC. In fact, just like the AC posing as multiple people, he'd send his wife in a little later to try it again!

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    🏳️‍🌈 Proud Ally 🏳️‍🌈
    • (Score: 2) by mrcoolbp on Thursday May 21 2015, @02:51AM

      by mrcoolbp (68) <mrcoolbp@soylentnews.org> on Thursday May 21 2015, @02:51AM (#185868) Homepage

      Agreed, those people will always be around. I have hospitality and retail background, so for me it's tough, I want to please everyone. But you just can't. = )

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      (Score:1^½, Radical)
    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 21 2015, @05:58AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 21 2015, @05:58AM (#185909)

      >I just wanted to add that the last couple of months on Soylent have been particularly hospitable.

      yeah i aint seen much of the buzzard either.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 22 2015, @12:39PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 22 2015, @12:39PM (#186415)

        you're happiest when you and your socialist windbag fuck buddies are sucking each other off