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slashdot was one of the few news sites that stayed up during 9/11. I think there was even a follow-up technical article about how they kept it up that day.
by disease 9y ago
slashdot was one of the few news sites that stayed up during 9/11. I think there was even a follow-up technical article about how they kept it up that day.
- digi_owl 9y agoCould be how i first read about it back then.
- jonathankoren 9y agoYeah, but that day showed just how weak they were in the journalism department. So many unsubstantiated rumors.
- flukus 9y agoBut "social media" was were you'd go to for all the unsubstantiated rumors back then. For the most part the news channels that day were sticking with the facts and weren't spending much time with rumors or speculation. I seems like the roles have flipped in the intervening years, for major events news sites are 90% wild speculation and reaction videos and slashdot-esque sites moderate better information to the top.