Journal RobertB-DC's Journal: -1, Informative? 4

Journal by RobertB-DC on Wednesday March 03, 2004 @08:47PM

Taking a break from the Ghosts of Slashdot to reflect on my "moderation sink": this First Post comment sucked down 15 mod points in its first day, and 36 total a day later!

Update 3/4: The moderation war has taken its first casualty: my Karma! I posted today, and no longer had a Karma Bonus Point. Sure enough, I've gone from Excellent to Positive -- the first time I've had anything but Excellent since eight days after I joined. I wasn't Karma Whoring before... but that's about to change! FP, here I come...
Karma Update 3/5: I've +5'd my way back to "Good". Next stop, "Excellent". Meanwhile, there are now two "-1, Informative" reversed mods.
Karma Update 3/9: I'm back in Slashdot Nirvana -- this +5 comment pushed me back up to "Excellent". Now I know what Karma Withdrawal feels like, and it sucks. No more Karma Whoring for me -- even if unintentional!

The strangest thing is the bug in Slashdot's moderation reporting system. I've highlighted it below -- Slashdot claims that someone modded the comment "Informative, -1", but that their moderation was cancelled when they posted in the discussion. I'm sure the reverted moderation is actually either the "Offtopic" or "Redundant" point, but it's an interesting concept -- and perfectly appropriate to my post. It's got accurate information that nobody cares about -- mod it -1, Informative!

I miss the old days, when you could watch these numbers on anyone's post in real time. In the old style, this comment would have scored:
Informative = 18, Offtopic = 6, Overrated = 7, Redundant = 3, Troll = 2, Total = 36
(This doesn't include the three moderation retractions, since I can't tell which -1s were lost)

First day's moderation:

A user has moderated your comment "Informative" (+1).
It is currently scored Informative (2).

A user has moderated your comment "Informative" (+1).
It is currently scored Informative (3).

A user has moderated your comment "Offtopic" (-1).
It is currently scored Informative (2).

A user has moderated your comment "Redundant" (-1).
It is currently scored Informative (1).

A user has moderated your comment "Informative" (+1).
It is currently scored Informative (2).

A user had given a moderation of "Informative" (-1) to your comment.
That moderation has now been undone, probably due to the user posting
in the discussion after moderating in it. Your comment is currently
scored Informative (3).

A user has moderated your comment "Informative" (+1).
It is currently scored Informative (4).

A user has moderated your comment "Offtopic" (-1).
It is currently scored Informative (3).

A user has moderated your comment "Informative" (+1).
It is currently scored Informative (4).

A user has moderated your comment "Informative" (+1).
It is currently scored Informative (5).

A user had given a moderation of "Informative" (+1) to your comment.
That moderation has now been undone, probably due to the user posting
in the discussion after moderating in it. Your comment is currently
scored Informative (4).

A user has moderated your comment "Overrated" (-1).
It is currently scored Informative (3).

A user has moderated your comment "Overrated" (-1).
It is currently scored Informative (2).

A user has moderated your comment "Troll" (-1).
It is currently scored Informative (1).

A user has moderated your comment "Overrated" (-1).
It is currently scored Informative (0).

A user has moderated your comment "Informative" (+1).
It is currently scored Informative (1).

Second day's moderation: