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Journal Just Some Guy's Journal: Ditch "Overrated" already! 4

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Would-be moderators, get this through your head: "Overrated" should almost never be used! If you think that something moderated as "Funny" isn't very humorous, then accept that other people enjoyed it and move on. If something is marked "Insightful" but you don't agree with it, then move on. Get the point?

I always kill "Overrated" in meta-moderation. Always. Keep that in mind, would you?

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  • Kudos and thanks. I use the same philosophy myself, just because I don't like it doesn't mean someone else won't. I've been nailed with a few overrated modifiers in the past, but others bumped it back up. I believe those points would have been put to better use in finding something they liked and bumped that up instead. [but hey as the sig says]
    • I've been thinking about this lately (ugh, I've got to find more real work to do!) and have been considering two alternative systems:
      1. The system carries a different number of "up" and "down" moderation tokens, and there are more "up" than "down".
      2. Make "down" moderations "cost" more tokens (maybe 2?).
      Either way, moderators would be encouraged (and limited) to promoting articles, not demoting them. Any thoughts?

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