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None of the articles there seem to have comments. Was no one commenting yet, or does this interface not provide them?

isostatic 7y ago
Sure. 1999 [0] Here's [2] some comments from the big story of September 2001. I remember watching that happening live on a bash pty on a desktop computer at home. Did the same (albeit a laptop) 500M seconds later on the other side of the planet. In the old days Slashdot was great - you'd get people from Bruce Perens [3] - he's still there, to John Carmak [4] to Wil Wheaton [5] It went downhill, but it might be worth revistiing. [0] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=19383&cid=1897446 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=19383&cid=1897446 [1] https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=15598&cid=2049318 https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=15598&cid=2049318 [2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/01/09/10/0353238/billenniums-over---anything-break https://tech.slashdot.org/story/01/09/10/0353238/billenniums... [3] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=13901478&cid=58544960 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=13901478&cid=58544960 [4] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=116699&cid=9876672 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=116699&cid=9876672 [5] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=317777&cid=20872117 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=317777&cid=20872117
- PhasmaFelis 7y ago
  Cool, but I was asking about the comments on the Dec. '98 articles that sgentle linked to. I clicked through a few dozen and found no comments. The N64 vs. PlayStation post has a mod edit warning commenters to be civil and not turn it into a flamewar...and no comments. Were there really zero comments on these articles? Or did they use an older commenting system that wasn't archived, maybe?
  - isostatic 7y ago
    Articles had comments back to when slashdot as chips and bits [0] The current site doesn't have all the comments, the earliest comment I can see is Jan 1 1999 [1] Unless you could December 31st 1969 [2] [0] http://web.archive.org/web/19980113191222/http://slashdot.org/ http://web.archive.org/web/19980113191222/http://slashdot.or... [1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/01/01/1214258/notes-on-the-future-of-blender https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/01/01/1214258/notes-on-th... [2] https://science.slashdot.org/story/05/12/21/0211244/dna-of-woolly-mammoth-fully-sequenced?sdsrc=prev https://science.slashdot.org/story/05/12/21/0211244/dna-of-w... P.S. been looking at a few things -- really impressed by slashdot. They seem to have fixed the rabid randian comment sections and actually have a good discourse. But the best thing? Actually deleting comments. http://imgur.com/TjC0wM8l.png http://imgur.com/TjC0wM8l.png

Sure. 1999 [0] Here's [2] some comments from the big story of September 2001. I remember watching that happening live on a bash pty on a desktop computer at home. Did the same (albeit a laptop) 500M seconds later on the other side of the planet. In the old days Slashdot was great - you'd get people from Bruce Perens [3] - he's still there, to John Carmak [4] to Wil Wheaton [5] It went downhill, but it might be worth revistiing. [0] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=19383&cid=1897446 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=19383&cid=1897446 [1] https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=15598&cid=2049318 https://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=15598&cid=2049318 [2] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/01/09/10/0353238/billenniums-over---anything-break https://tech.slashdot.org/story/01/09/10/0353238/billenniums... [3] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=13901478&cid=58544960 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=13901478&cid=58544960 [4] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=116699&cid=9876672 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=116699&cid=9876672 [5] https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=317777&cid=20872117 https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=317777&cid=20872117

PhasmaFelis 7y ago
Cool, but I was asking about the comments on the Dec. '98 articles that sgentle linked to. I clicked through a few dozen and found no comments. The N64 vs. PlayStation post has a mod edit warning commenters to be civil and not turn it into a flamewar...and no comments. Were there really zero comments on these articles? Or did they use an older commenting system that wasn't archived, maybe?
- isostatic 7y ago
  Articles had comments back to when slashdot as chips and bits [0] The current site doesn't have all the comments, the earliest comment I can see is Jan 1 1999 [1] Unless you could December 31st 1969 [2] [0] http://web.archive.org/web/19980113191222/http://slashdot.org/ http://web.archive.org/web/19980113191222/http://slashdot.or... [1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/01/01/1214258/notes-on-the-future-of-blender https://news.slashdot.org/story/99/01/01/1214258/notes-on-th... [2] https://science.slashdot.org/story/05/12/21/0211244/dna-of-woolly-mammoth-fully-sequenced?sdsrc=prev https://science.slashdot.org/story/05/12/21/0211244/dna-of-w... P.S. been looking at a few things -- really impressed by slashdot. They seem to have fixed the rabid randian comment sections and actually have a good discourse. But the best thing? Actually deleting comments. http://imgur.com/TjC0wM8l.png http://imgur.com/TjC0wM8l.png