What's amazing to me isn't that/. has carried on this long, but rather that the comment quality on here hasn't gone the way of most social new sites. It seems that in general as a social news site ages, matures, and grows, the comment quality follows an inverse pattern. Or more simply, as the number of users approaches infinity, the comment quality approaches 4chan. Digg used to be a decent site for discussion; now you'd be laughed at for even suggesting that the comments might be notable. Reddit is quickl
If you get them, just do what I do -- find a thread you don't have any interest in and moderate the first X posts as "under-rated". (X is the number of mod points you get, which is 15 for me.)
This gives you the benefit of nothaving to actually moderate plus you can't be meta-moderated.
I get points about once a week. YMMV. CYLDFD.
I'm really only posting here in case there's an acheivement... achievement... anchoviement.
Sorry, not enough sleep makes everything seem funny. At least I'm not rambling on pointles
Age and quality. (Score:5, Insightful)
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If you get them, just do what I do -- find a thread you don't have any interest in and moderate the first X posts as "under-rated". (X is the number of mod points you get, which is 15 for me.)
This gives you the benefit of nothaving to actually moderate plus you can't be meta-moderated.
I get points about once a week. YMMV. CYLDFD.
I'm really only posting here in case there's an acheivement... achievement... anchoviement.
Sorry, not enough sleep makes everything seem funny. At least I'm not rambling on pointles
Re:Age and quality. (Score:1)
You think there might be an achievement for posting here? Interesting.