slashdot.org (before it went completely downhill with synthetic, commercial stories much like reddit is today, or at least the top subreddits) dejanews.com (be

slashdot.org (before it went completely downhill with synthetic, commercial stories much like reddit is today, or at least the top subreddits) dejanews.com (before it was bought/killed by Google and when Usenet used to carry interesting discussions; interestingly, Usenet seems to occasionally have new good content in recent years after spammers and whackos have left)