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Re: SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold

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On 2016-01-30, Caecilius <nospam@spamless.invalid> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 04:13:31 +0000 (UTC), Rich <rich@example.invalid>
> wrote:
> Will the new owners do any better?  IMO, only if they realise that
> slashdot has two key differentiators: the informed readership and the
> comment moderation system.  Nowadays I only go there to read the
> comments on news stories I've already read elsewhere.

Sadly, the informed readership is mostly gone.  Not sure if it's a
demographic thing, smart people shifting elsewhere, or the effect of a
younger generation mostly accessing Slashdot on a cellphone with limited
time/attention, a poor, touchscreen keyboard, and a small resolution.

These days the comments are more often pathethic.  Shame, as I used to
go there to learn, and learned so much by reading smart people's posts. 

Hackernews is better for high quality, tech comments these days.
Slashdot has the intellectual level of Reddit.

And Usenet remains pretty darned awesome.

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SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-29 04:13 +0000
  Re:SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-30 08:33 +0300
  Re: SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold Caecilius <nospam@spamless.invalid> - 2016-01-30 16:20 +0000
    Re: SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold Andy Burns <usenet.jan2016@adslpipe.co.uk> - 2016-01-30 16:59 +0000
      Re: SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold "Andy K." <andy.k466@gmail.com> - 2016-01-31 11:21 +0100
        Re: SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2016-01-31 13:55 +0000
    Re: SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-01-30 09:04 -0800
    Re: SourceForge and Slashdot Have Been Sold RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2016-01-31 17:29 +0000

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