Slashdot was more like a cross between something like lobste.rs (in its focus on 'nerds') and reddit (in its wide range of discussion subjects) than it resemble

Slashdot was more like a cross between something like lobste.rs (in its focus on 'nerds') and reddit (in its wide range of discussion subjects) than it resembled HN. It was a far more easygoing and 'fun' place in what was in many ways a more 'fun' time compared to the often overdone seriousness of this place and time. It was at /. that many of the vices and virtues of the tech-related internet forum world came into being, from the shit-posting natalie-portman-with-hot-grits-down-wherever-they-went trolls to sometimes surprisingly insightful comments on current issues. There were no self-important VC-chasing startup tycoons, at least not in the earlier years. While there was quite a bit of group-think - e.g. the well-known operating system from Redmond, WA was not popular and anything related to it or the company behind it was generally ridiculed - those who spoke outside of the group were not shunned as they are here and now, just teased and made fun of.