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Re: Just look what ratings did to Slashdot!
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Fri, 21 Apr 2000 03:07:25 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDMspamcake.ORG
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
> 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.
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 their score.
> This is why anyone (any member, that is) can rate anyone else's article at
> LUGNET. I hate the idea of moderation points -- it's supposed to make things
> more fair, but I think it makes things less fair.
Anyone at /. is eligible to become a moderator -- it's not an elite
hand-picked group. Basically, it just rotates, so not everyone is a
moderator all of the time. This is largely just to spread out the work load,
and I know that works for me -- if I always had moderation privs, I'd
probably never use them. Since I do get them every now and then, I feel like
I'm contributing to my civic duty and try to use the points I have
responsibly.
Analogy: I wouldn't be too annoyed to be called for jury duty every now and
then. But if I could just go serve on a jury whenever I wanted, I probably
would never do it. Actually, that's a good analogy, 'cause it leads into the
abuse thing. If the workload is shared, one single person can't do much
damage. Just think what a scary bunch of power-freak wackos those volunteer
jurors must be. *grin*
> Wow, I usually read Slashdot at a threshold of 3 or 4, so I haven't noticed
> that. Half, really? Yikes. (I pick 3 or 4 to limit the number of articles,
I'd say that was an exaggeration. Furthermore, such off-topic debates are
usually marked as such. (Ironically demonstrating that the moderation system
*does* work.)
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
Boston University Linux ---> http://linux.bu.edu/
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