mysticgoat's Journal: Tewnty-One Weeks of Slashdotting

This is the 146th day of mysticgoat on slashdot.

I've now been moderator five times in the last three weeks. That rate is a bit much both in terms of the work moderation requires and the size of the pool of potential moderators, but my baseline is so short that this could be just a random fluke in a generally agreeable process.

Work of moderation, for me, involves more time on reading /. than I really want to spend. It is a chore. I feel obligated to log on more frequently and to read posts below my usual cut-off point. The hardest part is dealing with commets from an insightful troll or a piece that is bothe interesting and also full of flamebait.

If I keep getting selected for moderator duty at the current rate of more than once a week, that would be a strong indication that the moderator pool is much too small for /. to remain healthy.

My moderation has been metamoderated numerous times, and always judged "fair".

Karma still good. I still think that the current karma rating system sucks.