Instead of plain up- and downvotes, you rated a given comment with one of several positives (insightful, interesting, funny, informative) or negatives (troll, flamebait, offtopic)
The best part was you could set your personal filters to exclude “funny” comments, or boost “offtopic” ones if you want. With thresholds! So the funniest stuff could still break through, but you didn’t have to wade through a million pun posts to find the serious comments.
They also have a metamoderation system where others’ moderation choices are shown to you and you agree or disagree.
Never seen another site like it. Kinda hope /. makes a resurgence.
The best part was you could set your personal filters to exclude “funny” comments, or boost “offtopic” ones if you want. With thresholds! So the funniest stuff could still break through, but you didn’t have to wade through a million pun posts to find the serious comments.
They also have a metamoderation system where others’ moderation choices are shown to you and you agree or disagree.
Never seen another site like it. Kinda hope /. makes a resurgence.