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I think I've come up with a compelling idea to add to the slashdot moderation system, though I'm unsure if anyone has thought of this before or whether the Powers That Be would consider such a modification.

I think moderation should allow a comment to be added along with the moderation as a justification for that moderation. That is, when a troll copies someone else's comment and reiterates it as their own, it may get rightfully marked Troll but other mods and metamods may not know why and second-guess that moderation. Plus, the moderator isn't allowed to post a comment to that topic justifying it due to the exclusion between moderator and poster in a given topic. Mods and meta-mods could view previous moderation comments in support of previous mods, which would allow better communication and make their jobs easier.