spun's Journal: Conservatives have taken over slashdot

I have noticed that recently, moderation on slashdot has taken on an increasingly right wing flavor. People get modded down for stating facts that are inconvenient to the right wing. This isn't happening all the time, yet, but it seems to be happening more and more often. Right wing comments, no matter how asinine, get modded up. Sigh. I think the low quality of slashdot in general has driven most of the intelligent people away. Much more of this and I'll be gone too.

Not gone yet!

[Elpacoloco]

I keep getting marked "Troll," and my moderations marked "Unfair," but I'm not deterred yet.

(Left wing poster, btw.)

Re:Regularly meta-moderate!

[Cujo]

I met-mode about once per day, and my informal sense of it is that unfair mods have gone up,and not just down-mods, but thte down-mods are more infrequently unfair.

These folks just don't understand moderation. It's not about punishing someone for disagreeing with you.

I concentrate on up-mods when I moderate. Look for deserving posts that are not at least +2. This includes legitimate AC posts.

Re:Regularly meta-moderate!

[spun]

I down-mod maybe once or twice a year. Mostly I up-mod. I always read at -1 to try to catch deserving posts. Yes, I have noticed that mods seem to be using moderation to silence opponents. I've even had someone declare a mod-fatwah on me, saying they would use all their mod points to mod me down. I felt pretty special that day.

The culture war is heating up.

A pity...

[WilliamSChips]

I've seen it too. Mods seem to be getting more and more right-wing.
Question, though: Where should I go for my geek news once /. falls?