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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: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @05:58PM
Giving more mod points out per account gives dedicated trolls more karma-manipulating firepower. If your idea is limited to previously unmoderated posts only (so, 0-point posts only), then I agree that you seem to have a good idea there.
I always browse at zero, and usually browse at -1, nested. My display laziness is conflicting with my login laziness.
It is already stated in the moderation FAQ [soylentnews.org] that "Moderators can participate in the same discussion as both a moderator and a poster. You are only prevented from modding your own posts." If potential mods don't bother to read the FAQ, then maybe it's better their ignorance keeps them from participating.