I check it as much as HN. I was very late to HN as no one informed me of its existance and I never noticed slashdot was dying until I saw people on HN say that.

I check it as much as HN. I was very late to HN as no one informed me of its existance and I never noticed slashdot was dying until I saw people on HN say that. I like both since you get different results from a pure upvotes based setup and an editorial board based setup suplemented by upvotes like you see with slashdot.