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I converted from slashdot. Just more news and better discussion on here. I also enjoy the simplistic design. News and text first.
by systematical 12y ago
I converted from slashdot. Just more news and better discussion on here. I also enjoy the simplistic design. News and text first.
- dominotw 12y agoI am curios if that is what caused the downfall of slashdot?
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- rok3 12y agoBeta killed it! Jokes aside, I feel like Slashdot has had some issues for a while and the purchase by Dice just accelerated them. They want a large amount of ad revenue from a niche site. It's hard to have quality and quantity, especially when you are more focused on the money. - A lot of people who I think of as 'general users' flocked to Slashdot because it was the place to be if you wanted to know what was going on in the tech world. - The quality of Slashdot moderation -> articles -> comments declined overtime. Possibly, this was to attract more general users for ad revenue. - Slashdot moderation isn't as centralized or enforced as HN or a sub Reddit. This isn't a problem if everyone wants to stay on topic and discuss the details of the article but with so many general users you end up with: - "Beta" - "Typical Slashdot" - "I for one welcome our new [INSERT TOPIC] overlords" as highly rated comments again and again.
- titanix 12y agoSame for me. I still go sometimes on the Japanese version when I when to read tech related things in this language.