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On Slashdot, members can spend moderation points to elevate good posts. The person asking to 'mod the parent up' is asking for a moderator to add points to the thread's parent posting. ~mike On Jan 14, 2010, at 3:50 PM, David McFarlane wrote: > 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 > Mike Joseph Programmer / Web Tech. The State News, MSU http://www.statenews.com http://www.lansinglowdown.com Decide what you want to say and say it as vigorously as possible, without apology and in plain words. - Paul McHenry Roberts