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While I'm not particularly interested in directly weighing in on the debate raging over Lugnet's rating system, I will take the time to say this: Look carefully at how rating (they call it Moderation) has affected the Slashdot community. ((URL) I (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I think you've got the details right, but I'd disgree with your assessment of the result. I'd say that slashdot's moderation system has been quite successful. In the early days, /. was fun to read and had good discussions. But when it passed a (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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(...) I have a major problem with their concept of karma, which is why LUGNET's article ratings system doesn't give higher precedence to any particular posters. (...) This is why anyone (any member, that is) can rate anyone else's article at LUGNET. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Agreed; it's a bad idea -- ref. especially the "karma whore" phenomenon. Instead of actually thinking about something, people are very quick to try to post something that _looks_ insightful to the moderators, for the sole purpose of inflating (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Okay, a half might be a bit of an exaggeration, but on posts that are more general topic (ie Free Speech, Kids in High School, esp. politics) the bickering about moderation can be very intense. This doesn't happen as much on the uber-geek (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) That sounds like an excellent idea, but how would the votes be tallied? ie: 21-Apr-00 03:25 [5/1] Re: Check out this set! — John Doe where 5 = the number of yes this is exceptional votes, and 1 = the number of this is OT votes? (my apologies (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Yeah, I think the two numbers should be kept separately. It's quite possible (although unfortunate) to have a great off-topic post. "Off-topic" wouldn't necessarily penalize anyone -- it'd just be a more clean way of saying "hey, that didn't (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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The simplified system also has the advantage of being much easier to squish into existing newsreaders. Since it wouldn't require reading scores from the server (altough that could be hacked in optionally) and since there are far less options, it's (...) (25 years ago, 21-Apr-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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