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I can only speak for myself but I stopped obsessively checking Slashdot (which had been a habit since 1998) around mid-late 2006 when Digg/Reddit had started ge
by ben1040 15y ago
I can only speak for myself but I stopped obsessively checking Slashdot (which had been a habit since 1998) around mid-late 2006 when Digg/Reddit had started getting momentum and interesting stuff was showing up sooner there since content wasn't curated.
Now I look at Slashdot maybe once a week, and I never read or participate in the comment threads -- because a given story on Slashdot likely showed up on HN three days prior and had a more interesting discussion then.
- garyrichardson 15y agoMy slashdot OCD ended when I found google reader. I still have Slashdot in my feed. By the time the slashdot story shows up, I've already read the source, hacker news comments and probably some other blogs I follow commenting on the story. Plus, to follow any links in story blurb you have to click through to slashdot, which is highly annoying.
- vetler 15y agoI moved on to Jonathan Hedleys excellent alterslash.org a long time ago, since there was too much noise on Slashdot.
- golgo13 15y agoDoes anyone else remember the hatred toward the old editor michael ? What was the deal with that? Also, doesn't it just seem off having the facebook and twitter buttons under the summary? Is it just me? UID = 597418.
- garyrichardson 15y agojust catching up on my comments.. UID 6588. A friend of mine had the fortune of getting UID 1234. It's awesome that so many people can remember their UID's, even a decade later.. Goes to show you how important Slashdot was.