Journal sllort's Journal: Selected reading from the Slashdot FAQ 6
What follows are important highlights from the Slashdot FAQ. I've used hyperlinks to make this portion of the FAQ easier to read.
Goals
3. Do not require a huge amount of time from any single moderator.
4. Do not allow a single moderator a reign of terror.
Why don't you give moderators unlimited moderator access to 5 stories instead of giving them just 5 points?
It's a good question. Moderators' primary complaint is that they are often crippled by the tiny amount of points they have, and the overwhelming amount of comments that need moderation. If a good moderator could moderate all the comments in a given story, certainly that would be a great improvement.
The problem is that a single bad moderator could wreak havoc across those same 5 stories. By limiting the number of moderation points to 5, any single moderator can only do so much damage. Sure they can only do so much *good* too, but that's the trade-off. I'd rather see a hundred comments unmoderated then see a hundred comments moderated badly by some jerk with an axe to grind.
Do editors moderate?
The Slashdot Editors have unlimited mod points, and we have no problem using them. These moderations represent approximately 8% of all moderation, and according to Meta Moderation, the fairness of these comments is statistically indistinguishable from the moderation of non admin users (92-93% of moderations are ruled 'Fair'). You can argue that this is somehow inherently unfair, but one of the goals of Slashdot is to produce readable content for a variety of readers with a variety of reading habits, and this process improves discussions for the vast majority of Slashdot Readers, so it will stay this way.
Nice reading (Score:2)
I like your journal, it sometimes is really
refreshing...
I created this discussion.. (Score:1)
It's the one at the top [slashdot.org].