Journal Dr.Bob,DC's Journal: Please don't vote my comments down 2
To The Editors:
Please don't vote my comments down. I'm a new member and have a right to my say. You may not disagree but voting me down is killing this karma thing and I won't be able to post as much.
Thanks,
Bob
Welcome to slashdot (Score:1)
Moderation is performed by the community, random members of which are assigned a random number of modpoints (5, 10, or 15 it seems) on a random basis.
When everyone is lucky they spend the mod points to moderate comments up or down on something other than a random basis. Slashdot originally had a metamoderation phase where other members of the community rated the moderation usage.
In the future, though, when making comments like "leprosy cured by subluxation", keep in mind that the community-at-large is high