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Just want to say thanks for all of the great work over the years. Slashdot was never my home - I never signed up, always contributed as AC - but I've been a loy
by debacle 14y ago
Just want to say thanks for all of the great work over the years. Slashdot was never my home - I never signed up, always contributed as AC - but I've been a loyal reader for almost a dozen years.
It's not what it once was, but it's still the best at what it does.
- cmdrtaco 14y agoThanks.
- quink 14y agoNo, thank you. I'm 25 and I can honestly say that for all of us on Hacker News, Slashdot has been a part of all our lives, a huge one. I've checked Slashdot at least once every second day since 2000 (I'll admit more frequently in the past), and I couldn't have imagined the past decade without it. It may not keep up with some of the better subreddits, Metafilter or Hacker News in many respects and I can feel its userbase aging when I read the comments... but... It stands like a rock, and may it always. I remember my being in high school, checking Slashdot on the school computers and telling other students about Wikipedia, their reaction being "anyone can just edit it?", in about 2001. Memories of the phosphorus on white school CRT with Windows NT 4.0 burning news of technology as it came along. I will continue checking Slashdot for my fix of news just about every day, and may you find my IP in your access.log for years to come. A true verdant thou hast burnt in mine eyes and may it shine on brightly within them forever.
- dugmartin 14y agoI wonder how many long time ACs there are. I think I started reading /. In mid 1998 but for some reason never got around to creating an account. I checked it almost every day up until I found HN.
- mcrider 14y agoTruly. Slashdot was on of the great influences on my young self (I was 13 when I signed up in 1998) and I checked it daily for over a decade. I'd probably not be the nerd I am today if it had never existed!