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Garbage was never moderated on StackOverflow, it was always ignored. Moderation was used by the insiders to keep new people out.

by andomar 9mo ago

causal 9mo ago
And half the garbage is from people "moderating"! You are literally rewarded points for doing moderating activities, so of course every post is flooded with BS edits, votes to close, etc.. Cobra effect and whatnot.
- shagie 9mo ago
  What points do you get for moderation activity?
  - sevenseacat 9mo ago
    None, we found the leeches
  - causal 9mo ago
    You get points for suggesting edits and badges for completing review activities (votes to close, triage, etc). I thought you got points for the latter as well but looks like that's not the case.
    - shagie 9mo ago
      > You get points for suggesting edits ... Up to 2000 points. When you get to 2000 points, your edits are no longer suggestions and you don't get any additional points for it. https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268479/why-dont-you-continue-to-gain-2-rep-for-edits-once-youve-reached-2k-rep https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268479/why-dont-you... --- This is a common misperception about moderation on Stack Overflow. You'll often see people claim that people get rep for doing moderation tasks. And some people do pursue badges... though the gold review badge (1000 reviews) has only been awarded 47 times on Stack Overflow ( https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/81/steward https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/81/steward ) ... and silver (250 reviews) 65 times ( https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/78/reviewer https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/78/reviewer). ... so I would find it difficult to accept that badges are things that motivate people. If anything, a story of new people doing community moderation could be told in https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/80/custodian https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/80/custodian (it has been several months since a person has done a review for the first time).

Garbage was never moderated on StackOverflow, it was always ignored. Moderation was used by the insiders to keep new people out.

by andomar 9mo ago

Garbage was never moderated on StackOverflow, it was always ignored. Moderation was used by the insiders to keep new people out.

causal 9mo ago

And half the garbage is from people "moderating"! You are literally rewarded points for doing moderating activities, so of course every post is flooded with BS edits, votes to close, etc.. Cobra effect and whatnot.

shagie 9mo ago
What points do you get for moderation activity?
- sevenseacat 9mo ago
  None, we found the leeches
- causal 9mo ago
  You get points for suggesting edits and badges for completing review activities (votes to close, triage, etc). I thought you got points for the latter as well but looks like that's not the case.
  - shagie 9mo ago
    > You get points for suggesting edits ... Up to 2000 points. When you get to 2000 points, your edits are no longer suggestions and you don't get any additional points for it. https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268479/why-dont-you-continue-to-gain-2-rep-for-edits-once-youve-reached-2k-rep https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/268479/why-dont-you... --- This is a common misperception about moderation on Stack Overflow. You'll often see people claim that people get rep for doing moderation tasks. And some people do pursue badges... though the gold review badge (1000 reviews) has only been awarded 47 times on Stack Overflow ( https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/81/steward https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/81/steward ) ... and silver (250 reviews) 65 times ( https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/78/reviewer https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/78/reviewer). ... so I would find it difficult to accept that badges are things that motivate people. If anything, a story of new people doing community moderation could be told in https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/80/custodian https://meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/80/custodian (it has been several months since a person has done a review for the first time).