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How so? I still admire Slashdot's moderation system. (unless there's a woosh sound over my head right now). The thing that killed Slashdot for me was the rede
by alex_c 17y ago
How so? I still admire Slashdot's moderation system. (unless there's a woosh sound over my head right now).
The thing that killed Slashdot for me was the redesign - I'm not usually a design snob, but it's way too visually heavy for me. I think the moderation system is great, though - particularly the ability to set weights for different types of comments (e.g. -1 all Funny posts if memes and one-liners bother you).
- fragmede 17y agoYes, in the short term, personalizable comment weighting seems like it would improve the signal / noise ratio, but in the long term, it seems less productive as it does little to foster the community that it seems pg wants. Does being able to ignore huge swaths of comments dissuade trolls? How would slashdot have turned out if Funny defaulted to be a -3 score?