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  Re: one of the many reasons I think Slashdot sucks now
 
(...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: one of the many reasons I think Slashdot sucks now
 
(...) If it fails, I'll take all the blame. But if it works, I can't take all the credit; there was a big thread last week with lots of good ideas from other people. --Todd (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: one of the many reasons I think Slashdot sucks now
 
(...) Well, I shoulda known you would come up with something better. I still think the human part of the equation could degenerate to Slashdot-like levels, but you will probably control it better. (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.general)

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