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Something like that happened back when Slashdot was bought by Dice.com, and lot of users just up and left. Some people started building new, similar sites, but
by pferde 7y ago
Something like that happened back when Slashdot was bought by Dice.com, and lot of users just up and left. Some people started building new, similar sites, but a lot of them agreed to go to Usenet newsgroup comp.misc, which had been long dormant by that time, with nothing but occassional spam posting.
Since then, comp.misc has been a rather nice place.
EDIT: Corrected the newsgroup name. Note to self: don't drink and type.
- nonbirithm 7y agoI opened up comp.misc and the first post was from 9 days ago arguing that women can't code, and the insinuating tirade of arguments. I don't think you'd find that on HN at least. I feel like since just anyone can sign up for Usenet these days instead of just the technologically motivated, communities like them have been altered significantly.
- pferde 7y agoYeah, I haven't been there myself in months (I forget, plus do not have a NNTP reader in my phone), but I don't remember it being this bad before. Still, there are still interesting threads, and with judicious application of PLONK (something you can't do on modern web forums like HN, by the way), you can make the worst idiots out of your sight.
- superkuh 7y agoJoin us on alt.cyberpunk.