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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: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday May 20 2015, @10:19PM
In the frist post, I asked if we could have some stats on this:
The staff can see who mods what, and we do try to keep an eye on things to prevent moderation abuse.
How many actions have staff had to take, say, in the last month? Is the current mod regime causing too much work for the staff, or is it manageable?
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday May 21 2015, @08:24AM
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday May 21 2015, @08:46AM
No definitive stats necessary, just a rough assessment from an ed?
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Thursday May 21 2015, @09:13AM
I've only been involved/aware of 3 or 4 instances in the past few months where action had to be taken but, being a European, I miss a significant chunk of our busiest periods due to timezone differences. Therefore that figure could be very misleading and shouldn't really be taken as a measure of how big a problem it is. If I am not on IRC when it happens I could easily remain unaware of what others have been doing.
Is it a daily occurrence - No, I would say not. Does it happen enough to be worth considering - I would have to say Yes. But in the best traditions of anecdotal evidence and WAGs (Wild-Assed Guesses), that is as good as I, personally, can give you.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday May 21 2015, @05:33PM
Thanks, Janrinok! I see that once again it is your fault! WAGs will have to be good enough, I guess.