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I noticed this a couple of months ago. I would post something like "hey, you know f=ma" (a statement of fact in a non-hot-topic conversation that advanced the

I noticed this a couple of months ago. I would post something like "hey, you know f=ma" (a statement of fact in a non-hot-topic conversation that advanced the discussion) and see it get downvotes almost instantly. Then later the score would pop back up. What can I tell you, Lionhearted? The board has gone to shit. :) I think the problem is that, in any group of people, 1% are probably not going to like you (for arbitrary reasons) or have some emtional hangup about any random piece of information. But most of the time it's a passive dislike. Only about 1% of that number would take any direct action against you (like downvoting an innocuous comment) However when the daily numbers creep up past 40 or 50K, that 1% of 1% becomes a big enough number to start seeing some kindergarten voting games going on. Nothing much you can do about it -- simply a property of the numbers involved. We probably all do it, but because it's only a 1 in 10K experience, it's so extremely rare in ourselves that we don't even notice it.

praptak 16y ago
" Nothing much you can do about it -- simply a property of the numbers involved. " In my opinion there was a time when Slashdot coped quite well with their randomly assigned mod points and metamoderation. Then their UI became unusable, so I cannot tell how it works now.
- anonymous236 16y ago
  As of two-three years ago Slashdot moderation guaranteed that "In Soviet Russia" jokes were always +5 Funny, anything with Linux in it were +5 Interesting and a post with a Beowulf cluster plug was both Funny and Informative. Meta-moderation was supposed to cure that, but it didn't make much difference. So, no, overall it did not work. Submissions were good, but discussions sucked.
  - fragmede 16y ago
    Judging from your nick here, and slashdot allowing anonymous comments, I'm guessing you didn't have a user account on slashdot. I say that because you had to do was give 'funny' posts a -10, which would preclude you from seeing so-called funny posts. Though far from perfect, still consider the /. moderation system the gold standard for commenting and have yet to see anything come close. (Also, +1 funny mod got you no karma)
    - anonymous236 16y ago
      Slashdot ID 3xxxxx, first post - Sep '01... but thanks for the info ;)
    - DiabloD3 16y ago
      I have a four digit Slashdot UID. Those features didn't exist in the beginning. I have mine set to default settings, with "show only posts with a score of 5" on. Tends to keep out most of the usual Slashdot bullshit without requiring me to take Slashdot out of my RSS reader altogether.

praptak 16y ago

" Nothing much you can do about it -- simply a property of the numbers involved. " In my opinion there was a time when Slashdot coped quite well with their randomly assigned mod points and metamoderation. Then their UI became unusable, so I cannot tell how it works now.

anonymous236 16y ago
As of two-three years ago Slashdot moderation guaranteed that "In Soviet Russia" jokes were always +5 Funny, anything with Linux in it were +5 Interesting and a post with a Beowulf cluster plug was both Funny and Informative. Meta-moderation was supposed to cure that, but it didn't make much difference. So, no, overall it did not work. Submissions were good, but discussions sucked.
- fragmede 16y ago
  Judging from your nick here, and slashdot allowing anonymous comments, I'm guessing you didn't have a user account on slashdot. I say that because you had to do was give 'funny' posts a -10, which would preclude you from seeing so-called funny posts. Though far from perfect, still consider the /. moderation system the gold standard for commenting and have yet to see anything come close. (Also, +1 funny mod got you no karma)
  - anonymous236 16y ago
    Slashdot ID 3xxxxx, first post - Sep '01... but thanks for the info ;)
  - DiabloD3 16y ago
    I have a four digit Slashdot UID. Those features didn't exist in the beginning. I have mine set to default settings, with "show only posts with a score of 5" on. Tends to keep out most of the usual Slashdot bullshit without requiring me to take Slashdot out of my RSS reader altogether.