4 ms·

Slashdot should be nuked from orbit & put out of its misery. Its more painful to watch it because (at least) I expect better from geeks. Especially old-skool ge

by ladyada 16y ago

Slashdot should be nuked from orbit & put out of its misery. Its more painful to watch it because (at least) I expect better from geeks. Especially old-skool geeks. I've seen entire article comment threads that were completely technically wrong & ignorant. There's one person wading in there trying to explain but he's drowned out. (PS. I am still trying to think of the word that describes the feeling of seeing an article on /. about something you or someone you know did and knowing you really shouldn't read the comments but you just can't help yourself and then you are disappointed in humanity. If you know what it is, plz email.)

_delirium 16y ago
I dunno, I find a lot of useful things in its discussion, and I've gotten a good reception on occasion when I've corrected some error that was within my area of expertise. If nothing else, it's a good way to engage in discussion with a broad range of tech people, many of whom seem genuinely interested in pointers to better information or explanations if you can give them one. One trick is to not come across as, "ugh, I can't believe u stupid n00bs, move aside for me, the expert" when writing posts with those kinds of corrections. Imo, HN is better in some areas, but they tend to be more specific ones. It doesn't have the same breadth of posters as Slashdot, for one thing: here it's mostly young people, and almost all startup-culture-oriented. And on non-technical topics, I find the discussions here often actually more unbalanced and not always that well informed (in particular, there's a lot more hardline libertarianism, and sometimes a kind of unpleasant looking down at anyone who isn't a hacker).
jodrellblank 16y ago
schadenfreude (happiness at badness) + gluckschmerz (sadness at goodness) = schadenschmerz (sadness at badness) & slashdot = slashdenschmerz (sadness at slashdot badness). ?

by ladyada 16y ago

_delirium 16y ago

I dunno, I find a lot of useful things in its discussion, and I've gotten a good reception on occasion when I've corrected some error that was within my area of expertise. If nothing else, it's a good way to engage in discussion with a broad range of tech people, many of whom seem genuinely interested in pointers to better information or explanations if you can give them one. One trick is to not come across as, "ugh, I can't believe u stupid n00bs, move aside for me, the expert" when writing posts with those kinds of corrections. Imo, HN is better in some areas, but they tend to be more specific ones. It doesn't have the same breadth of posters as Slashdot, for one thing: here it's mostly young people, and almost all startup-culture-oriented. And on non-technical topics, I find the discussions here often actually more unbalanced and not always that well informed (in particular, there's a lot more hardline libertarianism, and sometimes a kind of unpleasant looking down at anyone who isn't a hacker).

jodrellblank 16y ago

schadenfreude (happiness at badness) + gluckschmerz (sadness at goodness) = schadenschmerz (sadness at badness) & slashdot = slashdenschmerz (sadness at slashdot badness). ?