Journal Ignorant Aardvark's Journal: /. Moderation Sucks 1
A recent comment of mine got modded down to -1, Flamebait, even though it was absolutely true. My comment was something along the lines of conductors in symphonies don't matter, than I got some stupid AC's replying to me who said that wasn't true. Then I got some people posting under their real /. accounts who have played in professional symphonies for decades who said that the conductor is just for rehearsal, and doesn't really affect the music during the performance. This backed up what I was originally saying against the AC's ... but it was already too late. My comment had already been modded down to -1, and once a comment reaches that threshold of oblivion, it seems very unlikely for it to ever be modded back up.
Hmmm (Score:2)
Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say moderation on slashdot sucks as a whole - it works OK most of the time, simply because there are so many people moderating that things tend to gravitate towards reason and sanity eventually.
I can easily understand that you would be upset about having been modded down - it was obviously unwarranted in this case. And yes, it certainly DOES suck that once a comment hits -1, it is very unlikely that mods will even consider raising it up again.
Generally, I think mods are of