I write to call out one of my numerically-named brethren, 4justice, as a shameless ratings abuser.  The normal solution to ratings abuse is a ratings retaliation war followed by a wary truce.  But since, as an Obama supporter, I don't get to rate comments here at MyDD, number four justice (N4J) can troll-rate without fear of retaliation.

It's not that I care that much.  N4J evidently can't hide-rate me, or s/he probably would have done so.  But since N4J contributes basically nothing to the site, it probably wouldn't hurt to disable his/her ability to give ratings.

Somewhat to my surprise, it seems like there is some fairly heavy-handed moderation happening on this site.  Worse, this moderation appears to be either silent or disingenuously disguised as "bugs."  For example, since I can "review hidden comments," I assume I am a trusted user.  But at the same time, I cannot rate posts.  On another of my accounts, I can see zero-rated comments, but neither rate nor comment.  I assume these features have been disabled because I offended someone who knew the administrators, but I have received no email confirming this.

Let's see how long this diary lasts...