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Ah, I miss the old Slashdot. It took me a while to become a regular here as well. Slashdot got a bit too serious/corporate at some point and the founders eventu

Ah, I miss the old Slashdot. It took me a while to become a regular here as well. Slashdot got a bit too serious/corporate at some point and the founders eventually got out and at some point I just moved on as well. The last time I left a comment there was twelve years ago or so. I actually just logged in just to see if my account is still there. Karma still excellent :-). I like HN, but it could do with people being maybe a bit less uptight and a bit lighter sometimes. The comment section seems to have quite a few pedantic know it-alls taking themselves way to seriously; just like slashdot used to. Welcoming is maybe not a term I'd necessarily use for this. Anyway, happy birthday HN!

allochthon 5y ago
There's definitely a contingent in the HN comments with a bit of an antisocial streak. I wish people approached comments they take issue with with more of a pedagogical approach, starting with interpretive charity and trying to help the commenter see things in another way. I'd actually use the term "welcoming" in this context.
- fartcannon 5y ago
  People get paid to promote shit on HN. It's a job you can get. There's no hope for the old internet these days. You can welcome the spammers, if you want, but all you're gonna get is spam.
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  - tentacleuno 5y ago
    > People get paid to promote shit on HN. It's a job you can get. Do you mind sharing more information about this, please?
mindcrime 5y ago
I like HN, but it could do with people being maybe a bit less uptight and a bit lighter sometimes. The comment section seems to have quite a few pedantic know it-alls taking themselves way to seriously; just like slashdot used to. That's a fair point, but at least the one thing we don't have here (for the most part) in comparison to /. is the steady stream of comments of the - GNAA - In Soviet Korea Only Old People Spy You With Email - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those - X is dying, Netcraft confirms it. - etc. sort. Not that some of that stuff wasn't funny for a moment, but it definitely grew stale after a while.
- echelon 5y ago
  "Hot grits", obscene ASCII art, homophobia, racism, nazi jokes... The comments section on Slashdot was downright offensive. I never understood why Slashdot tolerated these things. They killed their own community. HN was immediately the opposite: a place you could read the comments before the article.

allochthon 5y ago

There's definitely a contingent in the HN comments with a bit of an antisocial streak. I wish people approached comments they take issue with with more of a pedagogical approach, starting with interpretive charity and trying to help the commenter see things in another way. I'd actually use the term "welcoming" in this context.

fartcannon 5y ago
People get paid to promote shit on HN. It's a job you can get. There's no hope for the old internet these days. You can welcome the spammers, if you want, but all you're gonna get is spam.
- deleted 5y ago
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- tentacleuno 5y ago
  > People get paid to promote shit on HN. It's a job you can get. Do you mind sharing more information about this, please?

mindcrime 5y ago

I like HN, but it could do with people being maybe a bit less uptight and a bit lighter sometimes. The comment section seems to have quite a few pedantic know it-alls taking themselves way to seriously; just like slashdot used to. That's a fair point, but at least the one thing we don't have here (for the most part) in comparison to /. is the steady stream of comments of the - GNAA - In Soviet Korea Only Old People Spy You With Email - Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those - X is dying, Netcraft confirms it. - etc. sort. Not that some of that stuff wasn't funny for a moment, but it definitely grew stale after a while.

echelon 5y ago
"Hot grits", obscene ASCII art, homophobia, racism, nazi jokes... The comments section on Slashdot was downright offensive. I never understood why Slashdot tolerated these things. They killed their own community. HN was immediately the opposite: a place you could read the comments before the article.