A guide to Slashdot’s Moderation Scheme…

A guide to Slashdot’s Moderation Scheme: “For me the most interesting aspects of the Slashdot moderation model is that it attempts to create a political structure without overt heirarchy - with a view to creating self-running communities that don’t need external intervention to keep them on track. Most online communities are pretty much despotic in structure (with oligarchies or monarchically governed rural fiefdoms being other common models).”