If moderation is incremental/decremental (+1/-1) and not absolute (-1 - 5), you have to let the values grow beyond the pre-set limit of five. That way grades 4 and 5 wouldn't suffer the inflation they do now -- way too many articles have grades 4 or 5 nowadays, in my opinion. The signal/noise rate is getting worse...
If the limits were removed the really excellent articles would stand out much better and not vanish in the vast sea of stories graded too good.
The other option would be absolute moderation: moderators would give grades -1 to 5 and the average would determine the final grade.
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If moderation is incremental/decremental (+1/-1) and not absolute (-1 - 5), you have to let the values grow beyond the pre-set limit of five. That way grades 4 and 5 wouldn't suffer the inflation they do now -- way too many articles have grades 4 or 5 nowadays, in my opinion. The signal/noise rate is getting worse...
If the limits were removed the really excellent articles would stand out much better and not vanish in the vast sea of stories graded too good.
The other option would be absolute moderation: moderators would give grades -1 to 5 and the average would determine the final grade.
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