Journal cyberchondriac's Journal: Anonymous Coward overload ! 2
I'm beginning to wonder what point there is in moderating.
The sheer amount of anonymous cowards now posting nothing but trash makes it worthless to mod somebody down, as they get a low score anyway, and the few good posts you run across and would like to mod up are usually already scored at 4 or above. I'd have to have no life whatsoever to spend the time looking for somebody with a low score who deserves a mod up. Somebody like me .. ;-)
Here's an example:
I just made a post defending, logically, not passionately or obnoxiously, Gate's Knighthood, based on what I felt MS had contributed to the world, the US economy, and the tech sector in general, by making computers a household item. I got modded down.
The last time I posted on something about MS, it involved security, and I had been humorously negative... and got modded down. You can't win. Zealots to the left, zealots to the right. Sometimes you can't get a break !
Seriously though, I think the /. editors should track the number of AC posts that each member makes: If they post as ACs above a certain number of times within a certain time period, their ability to post at all should be revoked for some period. They're more than likely trolling.
Also, new members should not be able to post as ACs until they've made a predefined number of normal posts. This might help to stem the flood just a little.
Here's an example:
I just made a post defending, logically, not passionately or obnoxiously, Gate's Knighthood, based on what I felt MS had contributed to the world, the US economy, and the tech sector in general, by making computers a household item. I got modded down.
The last time I posted on something about MS, it involved security, and I had been humorously negative... and got modded down. You can't win. Zealots to the left, zealots to the right. Sometimes you can't get a break !
Seriously though, I think the
Also, new members should not be able to post as ACs until they've made a predefined number of normal posts. This might help to stem the flood just a little.
Maybe They Are (Score:2)
How do we know that they don't?
I've never posted as AC. I can't see the need to. I've spoken to people who post as an ID and intentionally try and screw up the rating system (I don't know why). But I'm sure the intent of t
Re:Maybe They Are (Score:1)
I'm fairly certain they don't, but we don't know for sure, 100%, of course.
Some of the threads I was reading, however, had some pretty spicy back and forths, particularly one, between one AC and one poster who was posting as himself. The AC generated quite a few immature posts on just that one thread alone, and I would dare to assume that he posts on more than one topic or thread per visit, or at least, per day.
It wouldn't be that hard to have something like a bot runn