How does moderation work?
When moderators are given access, they are given a number of points of influence to play with. Each comment they moderate deducts a point. When they run out of points, they are done serving until next time it is their turn. Moderation takes place by selecting an adjective from a drop down list that appears next to comments containing descriptive words like “Flamebait” or “Informative.” Bad words will reduce the comment’s score by a single point, and good words increase a comment’s score by a single point. All comments are scored on an absolute scale from -1 to 5. Logged-in users start at 1 (although this can vary from 0 to 2 based on their karma) and anonymous users start at 0. Moderators can not participate in the same discussion as both a moderator and a poster. This is to prevent abuses, and while it is one of the more controversial aspects of the system, I’m sticking to it. There are enough lurkers that moderate that, if you want to post, feel free.
