Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks

From	CoolHand <coolhnd28@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups	comp.misc
Subject	Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks
Followup-To	comp.misc
Date	2014-02-07 21:54 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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Yeah,
I'm not confident in the methodology and "business plan" of the proposed 
altslashdot site that is being worked on..  Not "community" enough, IMHO...


TrueSatan wrote:

> Nope, but you do have me...TrueSatan but
> I'll answer to His Satanic Majesty if you
> prefer.
> 
>  As regards Slashdot I've been a
> reasonably regular story submitter for
> some years and have seen the same decline
> as most, if not all, of you. I kept
> hoping against hope that it would recover
> but the beta and the lack of real regard
> for the community have eroded my
> enthusiasm for the site to as good as
> zero.
> 
>  We appear to have a fresh chance at
> something worthwhile here and I hope that
> if we all put the energy into this that
> has been expended on complaints that have
> fallen on deaf ears into this we can pull
> it off.
> 
> CoolHand wrote:
> 
>> I'm here for the Slashdot Exodus...
>> Has everyone else shown up yet??
>> Do we have Natalie naked & petrified
> here?
>> ...CoolHnd30
>> 
>> John Brownalt wrote:
>> 
>>> Welcome Slashdot Beta Exodus (just
> kidding, but
>> it would be funny).
>>> 
>>> Watch out for that RocketRabbit, while
> I thank
>> him/her for pointing me
>>> at eternal-september.org, I noted on
> slashdot a
>> somewhat racist comment
>>> they made about Richard Stallman.
>>> 
>>> Still, it's nice to be back on usenet.
> While
>> there will never be a
>>> redesign of usenet, I do think there
> is immense
>> space for custom readers
>>> that could potentially compete (even
> for mere
>> mortals) with facebook,
>>> twitter, and slashdot.
>>> 
>>> Long Live USENET!!!

Thread

Slashdot Beta Sucks John Brownalt <deconfliction@filteredperception.org> - 2014-02-07 10:45 +0000
  Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-07 11:45 -0500
    Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-02-07 18:01 +0000
      Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-07 19:35 +0000
        Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 15:02 -0800
          Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-07 18:18 -0500
            Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 00:12 +0000
              Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 16:36 -0800
                Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2014-02-18 22:56 +0100
            Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 16:33 -0800
            Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-09 03:23 +0000
  Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks CoolHand <coolhnd28@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 21:29 -0500
    Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-08 02:48 +0000
      Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks CoolHand <coolhnd28@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 21:54 -0500
        Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-08 04:09 +0000
        Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 22:39 -0800
      Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2014-02-08 12:09 +0000
        Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks brendan.halpin@ul.ie (Brendan Halpin) - 2014-02-19 23:24 +0000
  Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-07 23:15 -0500
    Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 22:41 -0800
      Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 20:03 +0000
        Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-08 15:16 -0500
          Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-08 15:31 -0800
            Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks shvelven <shvelven@gmail.com> - 2014-02-09 02:30 -0500
              Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-09 10:53 +0000
              Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks TrueSatan <true_satan@fastmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-09 10:54 +0000
                Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-09 15:35 +0000
            Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Vince Mulhollon <vincemulhollon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 13:32 -0800
              Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks John Brownalt <deconfliction@filteredperception.org> - 2014-02-12 00:06 +0000
              Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks vehka <heikki.wilenius@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 17:55 -0800
                Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-02-12 08:47 +0847
                Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 00:34 -0500
            Re: Slashdot Beta Sucks Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-25 23:43 -0500
  Re: Slashdot Beta -> Technical reasons? "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-11 09:05 +0000
    Re: Slashdot Beta -> Technical reasons? John Brownalt <deconfliction@filteredperception.org> - 2014-02-11 12:11 +0000
      Re: Slashdot Beta -> Technical reasons? "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-11 13:26 +0000
      Re: Slashdot Beta -> Technical reasons? Lance Orner <lance@orner.invalid.net> - 2014-02-12 03:38 +0000
    Re: Slashdot Beta -> Technical reasons? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-11 09:58 -0500

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