Journal John Harrison's Journal: Does jamie mod his own posts? 8
I modded two of jamie's posts in this journal entry. I hit this one with a troll mod and this one with a flamebait mod. You tell me if the mods were fair. I did them mostly because I don't think jamie is able to present a point in a civil manner.
I look at the discussion tonight and suddenly those two posts, and only those two posts are modded as informative and insightful. Tell me if either of those mods are fair. Interestingly only three of the 54 posts under that journal have been modded at all. Those that I (and jamie?) modded and one other. How likely is it that jamie modded his own posts back up?
I hate to spoil a good conspiracy theory but (Score:2)
Re:I hate to spoil a good conspiracy theory but (Score:2)
Re:I hate to spoil a good conspiracy theory but (Score:2)
The moderation system was developed because of the problem of people posting stuff that was not an appropriate part of the conversation at all -- not to punish people for being rude. If this was the type of trolling or flamebaiting that the developers were thinking of, they wouldn't have created the moderati
Re:I hate to spoil a good conspiracy theory but (Score:2)
I agree that these posts probably do not rise to the level of troll and flamebait that was envisioned when the moderation system was written. I am perhaps guilty of holder an editor to a higher standard.
I actually do think that jamie might care about being down modded. If you look at the juvenile nature of his comebacks, downmodding is exactly the sort of challenge to his stature that he would respond to.
Re:I hate to spoil a good conspiracy theory but (Score:3, Insightful)
Outside of pudge's journal, I find jamie to be one of the more well-mannered editors. Consider the Sunday Thoughts personna to be like watching Crossfire -- it's part of the entertainment
Re:I hate to spoil a good conspiracy theory but (Score:2)
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Re:Of the two posts... (Score:2)
I wouldn't have modded either post if I hadn't thought that the juvenile attempt at an insult at the end of the first post was lowering the level of discour