Not OP - I was on slashdot back in the day and I did enjoy the reason for the moderation on the post.  I&#x27;m also a bit convinced that the rule you could moderate a discussion or post in it but not both made for an interesting dynamic.  The moderate the moderator was nice too.<p>Downvotes do come in many forms, twitter didn&#x27;t have downvotes until they added lists, then lists became a way to downvote.