Good to see this thread is still open.

The experiment has failed in my opinion.   I agree that the comments before were a cesspool  but this system does little to target incivility.

I often don't even want to bother knowing I'm going to be expected to rate comments fairly - most of which are not uncivil even if I disagree with them.

I hit my limit yesterday.   I made ONE comment and of the three I rated apparently I got the first two wrong.   I didn't even agree with them but I got a huge warning from the "comment system" that I should be more honest.

Sorry, I am not going to rate a comment uncivil just because I disagree with it even if they could have said it slightly more nicely.  They weren't being uncivil in my opinion.  

So I got 2 wrong and the 3rd comment was just spam - I flagged it.

I don't even know - or even care that much - if my comment was posted.  I closed all the Denver Post tabs I had open and I'm sick of it.

And still I see other comments which IMO are uncivil