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This is partly why I really liked the idea of Slashdot's meta-moderation. Although it could probably be gamed by enough determined people. Moderators should be
by bloopernova 3y ago
This is partly why I really liked the idea of Slashdot's meta-moderation. Although it could probably be gamed by enough determined people.
Moderators should be moderated too, because just like humanity in general, there's going to be a spread of skill levels among the mods.
I wonder if there's ever been a site that has "moderator karma", a score/scores by which a moderator's "performance" can be measured. History of that score too would be interesting to see, potentially showing if a mod has deteriorated in their judgement lately, stuff like that.
It feels like there could be more done to find useful data about moderation decisions.
- winwang 3y agoI've thought a bit about this. Some revenue sharing for top mods and corporate oversight (with statistical tooling) to incentivize continued good moderation. Public moderation actions and votes on them, etc.
- wmf 3y agoSlashdot had a rule that factually wrong posts cannot be downvoted. I disagree with this rule. If I exercise "moderator nullification" by breaking this rule, what are meta-moderators supposed to do? Should they follow Slashdot's rules exactly or should they also yield to their personal values? I don't think adding more layers solves anything.
- throwawaaarrgh 3y agoAdding more layers can add context, which can improve communication, which solves (or at least improves) the problem of conflict arising from poor communication.