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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: 3, Interesting) by Reziac on Wednesday May 20 2015, @01:15PM

    by Reziac (2489) on Wednesday May 20 2015, @01:15PM (#185445) Homepage

    Occasionally I mod up the comment I'm replying to, so it doesn't look like I'm talking to myself. :) I figure if a comment is worth replying to, it's worth having more people see it, and if it's at zero it's hidden from a lot of folks.

    So I find this to be a really useful feature of our current moderation scheme.

    Seriously, I really like how it's working now, and have no complaints.

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    And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Interesting=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Interesting' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   3  
  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday May 20 2015, @06:58PM

    by FatPhil (863) <pc-soylentNO@SPAMasdf.fi> on Wednesday May 20 2015, @06:58PM (#185649) Homepage
    I'm glad you said that, as the flipside goes through my mind - I don't want people to think I waste my time engaging in dialogue with idiots or trolls, so I pretty much never mod down someone I intend to reply to. Current system is good - no real need to change.

    However, one tweak that I like the idea of is a karma buffer. You can go over 50, but each night you lose floor(karma/5)-9 points if you're over 50. So if you can post a lot of good stuff and get to 70, next day you'll be 65, the day after you'll be 61, then 57, then 55, 53, 52, 51, and finally steady state at 50. This protects you better against abusive downmods, and encourages regular topping up of the buffer.
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