Joshua, I don't think this is correct.
My understanding is similar to Mike Joseph's: slashdot members can
rank a comment (-1 to 5?) but at one time you couldn't both rank a
comment and reply in that thread(?). So people would encourage others
to rank the parent comment higher, if they had already commented
elsewhere in the thread.
But I don't comment very often on /. and I'm pretty sure the
moderation system has changed over time.
-John
PS - I suppose I'm a leach, but I usually just read slashdot with 4 &
5 comments. Seems a good way to keep up on tech, without spending too
much time. And most of the time I'm not logged in, so I don't even
see the moderation options.
On Jan 14, 2010, at 4:03 PM, Wortz, Joshua wrote:
> Since on Slashdot users can modify the original posts, they are
> asking to have it corrected. In other words modify the parent
> message up top.
>
> Joshua Wortz
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [MSUNAG] mod parent up
>
> OK, this is not really the right place to ask this, and I am
> exposing some degree of tech illiteratacy, but can someone tell me
> what "mod parent up" means? I see this phrase from time to time on
> Slashdot, I have tried Google in vain, I still cannot make sense of
> it, and I feel I am missing out on the joke.
>
> TIA,
> -- dkm
>
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