Journal steddyj's Journal: Am I Over Moderating? 3
Let me please get one thing straight before I begin, I am not complaining. I have no reasons to object to moderating, in fact I rather enjoy it. I've just been worried that for some reason my account is being looped into a quantum leap of sorts. This just may be something that should be brought to someone's attention.
My worry is that it seems like I am granted moderator points quite often. For the first year that I was a registered user, I'm not sure that I got any access. I posted a few comments that gave me a point or two of Karma. The first time I remember getting moderator points was right after I had a submission accepted. It was only a story in AskSlashdot that never made it to the homepage, but it gave me a Karma boost. It wasn't too unexpected.
But later I had one story that was put on the main page. That is when (I think) my problem began. Soon after that I got mod points. Nothing out of the ordinary there, but I then I got 5 more points the day after I used them all up. And then a third round of points. I was puzzled.
After that round, I didn't get points again for a few weeks, and then avery few weeks or so. The past few weeks, however, I seem to have been getting points about once a week or so.
Now, I will point out that at the moment I have a Karma rating of "Good" (Why did they stop telling us the actual number?) and I am a subscribing member, not that it should have anything to do with moderation privleges. I check in a few times daily, and try to metamod every day. When I moderate, I try to stay away from negative moderations unless I feel the post really needed it, which is not very often -- most that need it are AC's or have been hit by mods before me, and not worth wasting my points. Also, last week I posted a comment that was moderated up to 5 and was replied to a number of times.
Like I said at the beginning, I'm not complaining. I enjoy moderating and having an active part in the /. community. I'm just worried that there may be a programming loop here form some reason. Who knows, maybe Taco just likes what I have to say. Either way, I just wanted to know if anyone else is being struck by the same phenomenon, or if I'm just lucky.
Feel free to tell me what you think, that's why it's here.
--Steddyj
My worry is that it seems like I am granted moderator points quite often. For the first year that I was a registered user, I'm not sure that I got any access. I posted a few comments that gave me a point or two of Karma. The first time I remember getting moderator points was right after I had a submission accepted. It was only a story in AskSlashdot that never made it to the homepage, but it gave me a Karma boost. It wasn't too unexpected.
But later I had one story that was put on the main page. That is when (I think) my problem began. Soon after that I got mod points. Nothing out of the ordinary there, but I then I got 5 more points the day after I used them all up. And then a third round of points. I was puzzled.
After that round, I didn't get points again for a few weeks, and then avery few weeks or so. The past few weeks, however, I seem to have been getting points about once a week or so.
Now, I will point out that at the moment I have a Karma rating of "Good" (Why did they stop telling us the actual number?) and I am a subscribing member, not that it should have anything to do with moderation privleges. I check in a few times daily, and try to metamod every day. When I moderate, I try to stay away from negative moderations unless I feel the post really needed it, which is not very often -- most that need it are AC's or have been hit by mods before me, and not worth wasting my points. Also, last week I posted a comment that was moderated up to 5 and was replied to a number of times.
Like I said at the beginning, I'm not complaining. I enjoy moderating and having an active part in the
Feel free to tell me what you think, that's why it's here.
--Steddyj
Three or four years (Score:1)
It's random (Score:1)
The karma change was to make it less of a game.
Re:It's random (Score:1)
I have to agree with the Karma change, though. Too many people take it way too seriously. Thanks for the info.