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Moderation Roundtable

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: 2) by Marand on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:39PM

    by Marand (1081) on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:39PM (#185487) Journal

    There is a problem with ACs occasionally running amok but nothing I have seen suggested will correct that problem.

    I actually did [soylentnews.org] suggest something that could help in my earlier comment about moderation: give people extra mod points that can only be used to moderate 0/-1 posts. Basically extra "free" points that are only there to upvote the good ACs (or registered users that got modbombed) and bury the bad ones. Still relies on people being willing to read at 0, but I think it would work better than automated measures.

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  
    Total Score:   2  

  • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:46PM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:46PM (#185492) Journal
    Sorry, I did see your comment but forgot to mention it. No slight intended.

    • (Score: 2) by Marand on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:55PM

      by Marand (1081) on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:55PM (#185499) Journal

      None taken, I just assumed it got lost in the pile so I was trying to bring attention to it. :)