Journal droid_rage's Journal: Everything in moderation
Including moderation...
I've been a moderator a few times now. I'm a moderator again today. Sadly, I often have trouble using my entire meager allowance of 5 mod points. Why? well, since you ask:
1. I don't like to mod up a post that's already at +4. Unless it really blows me away, I hesitate to mod up a post that's even +3. I just feel that there should be a more even distribution of points between posts.
2. I refuse to moderate anything funny, as my sig attests. Slashdot is about technology and nerdy news, not comedy. That, and I don't find the run-of-the-mill "imagine a beowulf cluster of these" and "step 3: Profit" jokes humorous. If you want played out jokes reused again and again, take it to FARK or SomethingAwful.
3. I generally ignore ACs, unless the comment is particularly meritable. At the +0 level I have to skim a lot, and some posts which might otherwise receive a point instead get glossed over because the poster is an AC.
4. That brings me to my last point, touched upon in reason #3. There's just too much crap getting posted. In one article, I saw 4 "1st Post!" messages, and probably thirty other stupid posts out of a total of maybe 40 messages. That figure is generally about accurate: About 1 in 10 posts has anything interesting to say.
This time, I've gotten close. I only have two mod points left, and I'm hoping to actually use them.
I've been a moderator a few times now. I'm a moderator again today. Sadly, I often have trouble using my entire meager allowance of 5 mod points. Why? well, since you ask:
1. I don't like to mod up a post that's already at +4. Unless it really blows me away, I hesitate to mod up a post that's even +3. I just feel that there should be a more even distribution of points between posts.
2. I refuse to moderate anything funny, as my sig attests. Slashdot is about technology and nerdy news, not comedy. That, and I don't find the run-of-the-mill "imagine a beowulf cluster of these" and "step 3: Profit" jokes humorous. If you want played out jokes reused again and again, take it to FARK or SomethingAwful.
3. I generally ignore ACs, unless the comment is particularly meritable. At the +0 level I have to skim a lot, and some posts which might otherwise receive a point instead get glossed over because the poster is an AC.
4. That brings me to my last point, touched upon in reason #3. There's just too much crap getting posted. In one article, I saw 4 "1st Post!" messages, and probably thirty other stupid posts out of a total of maybe 40 messages. That figure is generally about accurate: About 1 in 10 posts has anything interesting to say.
This time, I've gotten close. I only have two mod points left, and I'm hoping to actually use them.
Everything in moderation More Login
Everything in moderation
Slashdot Top Deals