If I were to make any single major addition to the current moderation system today, it would simply be: "You must post a comment before you may upvote or downvote any posts."
Otherwise, aside from moderators being able to target and harass a single (or multiple) user's posts with downvotes with no restriction other than their point pool total, I think/. has a pretty decent moderation system going for it.
This guy sounds like he doesn't realize that The Cloud is just another phrase for "third party server farm with limited control and no maintenance options". I don't personally run or set up any servers, but if I were to do so, I'd apply the first rule of business: don't trust someone else to do their job.
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If I were to make any single major addition to the current moderation system today, it would simply be: "You must post a comment before you may upvote or downvote any posts." Otherwise, aside from moderators being able to target and harass a single (or multiple) user's posts with downvotes with no restriction other than their point pool total, I think /. has a pretty decent moderation system going for it.
This guy sounds like he doesn't realize that The Cloud is just another phrase for "third party server farm with limited control and no maintenance options". I don't personally run or set up any servers, but if I were to do so, I'd apply the first rule of business: don't trust someone else to do their job.