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Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat

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So it looks like freecode.com is now dead.  I suppose it was inevitable 
that projects which don't generate enough revenue would be cut - after 
all it seems that Dice's failed attempt at Beta on Slashdot was just a 
cynical attempt to somehow raise site revenue.

It makes one wonder how long Slashdot is for this world.  I don't 
imagine there's much revenue from banner ads as almost anybody who can 
execute the forehead to spacebar maneuver has them blocked, and I can't 
imagine that a Slashvertisement generates much income either.  Perhaps 
people will realize that relying on these for-profit HTTP-bound 
services is not viable in the long term and continue to flock back to 
Usenet, IRC, and email which are all federated, platform-agnostic, and 
most importantly, not in control of a single entity.

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Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-18 15:21 -0700
  Re:Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-18 23:45 +0000
    Re: Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-18 18:32 -0700
      Re: Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-19 07:31 +0000
  Re: Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-06-18 22:46 -0700
    Re: Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-19 11:49 -0700
      Re: Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2014-06-20 01:29 -0700
  Re: Dice kills Freecode nee Freshmeat RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-06-21 18:29 +0000

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