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I just got 10 mod points for the first time. I've been on/. for around 8 years and never heard of anyone getting 10. Is this a new feature or are they just letting me know what a great moderator I am?
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I get mod points regularly, too, and I only got 5 at the moment. As I don't check the dot daily duiring the week, I can't tell when I got those, so they might as well have rolled out the 10-point-contingents since I got mine.
I'm wondering if there's some new criteria, like accounts that are X years old get 10 points while newer get 5. Or if my karma score internally is a high number and passed some threshold.
So, obviously it's not account age (my UID is lower than yours), or I've just gotten my points a bit too early. It's been *ages* since I've been M2'ed as "unfair", so that's out of the equation, too...
Let's see how many points I get next time, then we know.;)
I just got 10 as well, and found this thread via Google. I always seem to get them when I don't have much time to spend reading articles and comments. Some times it's tough to use five before they expire. Oh well, guess I'd better get moderating.
I just got my second consecutive batch of 10 mod points. So who knows. Eventually we'll see a comment somewhere by Taco explaining it. He does update the FAQ once every 5 years.
I just got 10 again, and my last batch expired just five days ago. I don't think I even managed to use them all last time.
Taco... does update the FAQ once every 5 years.
No kidding. I suppose we could also wait for Slashdot's 25th anniversary. There's bound to be another round of navel-gazing articles when that rolls aroupnd;)
I'm now on my second batch of 10 points... it really confused me the other day when I got them for the first time. Is it a new feature, a bug, or just a case of the system giving you 5 points, then 5 more before you use the first set up? It's quite a shame though; whenever I get mod points there never seem to be any articles I know anything about or are interested in reading... I try not to use them as "+1 I agree", but I figure it's important to at least know a little about the subject at hand, so I can at
That's funny because I usually only use my mod points for articles I'm less interested in or know less about. Some posts are more "interesting", "informative", and "insightful" to me when I know less about the topic. Plus I tend to comment on many articles I'm interested in, so that would conflict with my moderation.
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"I am become Moderator, destroyer of Karmas."
Nah, still got 5 (Score:2)
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Let's see how many points I get next time, then we know.
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My cursory Google search for "10 mod points" at Slashdot only turned up posts in the past couple of months. It seems to be a recent phenomenon.
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No kidding. I suppose we could also wait for Slashdot's 25th anniversary. There's bound to be another round of navel-gazing articles when that rolls aroupnd
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It's quite a shame though; whenever I get mod points there never seem to be any articles I know anything about or are interested in reading... I try not to use them as "+1 I agree", but I figure it's important to at least know a little about the subject at hand, so I can at
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