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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Stanley writes:
> What is it with Slashdot? With all the idiots on there now moderating
> their trolls and crap up and other things that are valid but don't
> agree with them down it's like some stupid popularity contest. Makes
> me wonder if "article scoring" here might turn into that.
Slashdot has a major design flaw in its scoring paradigm: Any single
moderator can move a message "up or down the ladder" by 20% (one point on a
five-point scale, excepting -1). That's too much sway. What's worse, the
Slashdot moderation paradigm gives moderation "points" away that have to be
"spent" within a short time period or they go away ("use 'em or lose 'em").
This not only encourages abuse and self-flogging but discourages what Slashdot
calls "meta-moderating" -- moderating an moderated post back up or down to a
more reasonable level.
Contrast this with the LUGNET article scoring mechanism, in which any single
person can only move a message up or down by at most 25% (if they're the ONLY
one casting an opinion) and by much less than that once several opinions have
been cast. The LUGNET article scoring system will be averages-based.
--Todd
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