posted by Michael on Tue 18th Mar 2008 12:30
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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2005-08-12
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?