Title says it all really. It seems daft that the people most interested in a particular story are actively prevented from moderating it. What's more, I can mod comments until I comment myself. So should I make sure I've got all my moderating done before I comment? What this does is accentuate the existing problem of "the earlier you comment, the higher you will be modded". I come back to see if there are any more comments in a thread I commented on, and find there are but I can only reply to them - I can't mod them up. So all the people down the bottom of the page are at their initial score, because the only people who are reading those comments can't mod them.
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2005-04-01
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The thing is, it's also silly for mod ups and mod downs to have different rules:
3 Apples - 2 Oranges = 1?
So allowing mod ups by thread participants, but not mod downs is a no go.
I say just turn the system loose and let people make of it what they will. In the end, it's a popularity contest. And it really doesn't do any good to pretend that it's not. Or that just the right set of restrictions will make it something else. Proclaim loudly that it's a popularity contest and let it be just that.
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No it's not.
Everyone listen closely, because this is the final word: the purpose of the mod system is only to do one thing: remove crap comments so that they aren't part of the normal flow of conversation.
This mod system accomplishes that goal easily. No one user not being able to moderate changes that.
People have complained about moderation since the first site that used it existed, but our goals are met with the current system.
Member since:2006-02-10
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Hello,
Sorry, I didn't mean for anyone to take this too seriously. I obviously don't expect to be able to demand changes to the site or anything like that. I was just pointing out an irritation. And then expanding on it for no good reason. I didn't really expect any response from (Staff). At least, not until a few more people had stuck their noses in.
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2005-08-12
I don't post comments very often, but I just now got bit by this trying to moderate a comment completely unrelated to mine, and it annoyed me enough to come here and voice my agreeance.
It's unreasonable to flat out demand you change this back, but please at least assess how well its helping/hurting moderation abuse before shooting down our request. Can you quantitatively say that all the contempt you're building toward your moderation system is really worth it?
