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posted by mattie_p on Wednesday February 19 2014, @05:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the no-really-do-it dept.

By now, you have had the chance to read the updates of both NCommander and Barrabas. Nonetheless, you may still be wondering quite a few things about the site and its staff. Here is your chance to ask us anything. These questions can be general in nature, in which case the staff will select a spokesperson to answer it, or it may be specific to an individual. If the question is for an individual, please ensure you identify that person specifically enough.

We will select the best questions from the thread and provide answers to the community. These questions may not be the highest rated, although we will probably use those first.

In keeping with tradition, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one question per post.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by dargaud on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:13PM

    by dargaud (364) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @08:13PM (#2800)

    Mod points seem to be given to people who prefer to log in and read, but not comment on stories.

    Wrong, at least for me. I could go 6 months without mod points, but as soon as I posted something (rarely), I'd get mod points the next day.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Underrated=1, Total=1

    Total Score:   2  
  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Vanderhoth on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:31PM

    by Vanderhoth (61) on Wednesday February 19 2014, @09:31PM (#2881)

    Mod point distribution was/is skewed toward older (low UID) *readers* rather than newer or active commenters.

    "The system does not promote regular users as "moderators" and instead assigns five moderation points at a time to users based on the number of comments they have entered in the system" wikipedia [wikipedia.org]

    Note "based on the number of comment" doesn't imply more comments,

    NCommander has confirmed as much in IRC dicussions of his mod system rewrite.

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