Journal TheRaven64's Journal: The 1337 Clan 1
For a while now I've started seeing a lot of posts by (1337) God. Few of them have been worth reading, but all of them have been moderated up. Reading this individual's journal he is trying to start a 'Slashdot clan' of like minded 1337 people, who will moderate each others posts up. To me, this seems like a very bad idea. Hopefully the meta-moderation scheme will make sure that none of these people get mod points very often, but if they reach a critical mass, then 1337 members will be meta-moderating each others moderations 'fair', and everyone else as 'unfair', resulting in only 1337 people getting mod points. Does Slashdot have any mechanism in place to deal with this kind of abuse? Perhaps other people should counter this by moderating posts by these people down, even when they are good, and meta-moderating such moderation as 'fair'. The mod system was introduced to try to make /. more fair, and this kind of cliquish behaviour damages the system. If they want to set up their own mutual appreciation society, then /. is not the correct forum.
At least someone reads this... (Score:2)
Hello (1337) God, nice of you to stop by.