Twitter. Twitter caused me to stop visiting Slashdot. I visited /. because I found things out on /. before I read the same thing elsewhere. That stopped happeni

Twitter. Twitter caused me to stop visiting Slashdot. I visited /. because I found things out on /. before I read the same thing elsewhere. That stopped happening at some point - I'd see something on Twitter and then see it on /. a day or two or a week later. Gradually I stopped visiting Slashdot at all. And then I read that Rob left, and I was like "yeah... makes sense." Note: Worked for Sourceforge from mid-2005 to mid-2007 on other properties. Met Rob once or twice... wasn't particularly friendly, but this was while Slashdot was still in its heyday and I'm sure he was burned out on making small talk with other folks. Jeff Bates (hemos) was a decent guy, reported up through him for a while IIRC.