My solution to cleaning up the Zoo (and 2+2)

[CountDuckula]

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This method of moderation, while possibly prefarable, does not appear to be a fit for 2+2.

From what I read, it seems this involves a group of moderators. Mason has said that he doesn't want to add additional moderators due to the finicky nature of things. So, unfortunately this option probably won't fly for us.

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If you look at it closely, what they're referring to as "moderation" is actually a post rating system, which is what you're proposing. It's not about giving someone the power to delete posts and ban users; it's about giving some number of people a few points to spend on rating posts. They can spend all of them on one post, or they can spread them out. The "karma" scores are analogous to your weighting system; the more "good" posts you put out (i.e., that other people have awarded points to), the better your karma gets (plus newbies don't get the opportunity to rate anyone else's posts; they say that the newest N thousand are ineligible to be "moderators" - again, in their usage; it really means "post graders" - but we could make it time/post-based instead), and the more likely you are given the ability to rate posts; the more negative ratings you get, the lower your karma gets (with a low enough karma, you don't get the opportunity to rate any posts). And the actual moderators can cripple someone's karma if they're caught abusing the system.

-Mike (who uses way too many parentheses)