Perhaps the best method to fix this is to leave it alone and let the 'free market' work things out. Another site to succeed the current generation is due to pop

Perhaps the best method to fix this is to leave it alone and let the 'free market' work things out. Another site to succeed the current generation is due to pop up soon. It will probably try some new things, and if they work then it will have a longer golden age. Gradual evolution could patch these issues. There also seems to be room for more than one site (Slashdot still exists, after all), so this process can go on in several places simultaneously.