symbolset's Journal: +5 Troll

Of all the achievements I've managed in my /. time, this one has escaped me: the moderation of +5 Troll. I believe this rare goal has been achieved, and would like a link to the incident.

Comment moderations

[mcgrew]

Don't you get notifications of moderated comments?

+5 troll means you made a good comment that was first moderated by a troll or two, or a couple of guys with thin skins. I think the highest "troll" I've gotten was a 3.

You didn't see many positively moderated "troll" comments under the old metamoderation system, although I'm not sure if it's metamoderation failure or just an influx of non-nerds from 4chan and reddit (I've never been to either site myself). You sure see a hell of a lot more comments by obviou