Journal drinkypoo's Journal: Punitive Between-Comment delay? 4
I have Excellent karma, as usual, but I have a five minute delay between my posts. It seems to have appeared on my account again after the last time I said something mean about a Slashdot "editor". Is this something that Slashdot has done to everyone recently, or is it a punitive action against me specifically by one of the "editors"?
I've had the five minute delay before, too (Score:2)
Anecdotal (Score:2)
FWIW, I've heard stories that people who participated on the wrong side of a certain thread about the moderation system once upon a time never got mod points again. I've also heard the same about people who insulted the beta. YMMV.
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The perma-mod-ban is very real. I haven't had modpoints in over a decade, even though I've never had karma below "excellent" since the mod cap was created. And I barely participated in the discussion in question; I was trolled into answering once, and that was it. I was blacklisted in a fit of impotent anti-trolling rage.
It makes reading slashdot a bit simpler, as I never have to worry if a post is actually worth modding up.
Occasional requests to have my ban reviewed all went unanswered. Being a long-tim
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