There is no replacement, the tight-knit community is just gone. When slashdot made beta permanent some users tried to spin off the old design (soylentnews is th

There is no replacement, the tight-knit community is just gone. When slashdot made beta permanent some users tried to spin off the old design (soylentnews is the only one I remember now) but it never caught on. It's like when a favorite local family owned burger joint shuts down and is replaced by a McDonalds. It serves many more people but the core community and values are gone.