Slashdot Mirror

Yep, this is great news. I'll admit that when this was first leaked on digg.com a few days ago, I had doubts. I wonder how that guy knew?

I've been surfing over that way quite a bit lately, most /. stuff ends up over there or starts there.. there are usually a lot more articles, although some of it isn't very interesting... its a nice place to find some of the less mainstream stuff that won't make it on /. these days....

http://digg.com/gaming/Dave_Chapelle_Loves_World_o f_Warcraft It must be good!

A better link from digg is here.

At the very least we can give digg.com some credit.

Thanks for the link, I forgot about that site.

The only thing is that the firt article I see when I check out the site has a post here
"I believe this was on the front page before..."

:)

A far superior site is Digg.com. Users decide what gets posted, and just a scan of today's front page reminds me of the old Slashdot frontpage of yesteryear.

There's even an interview with one of the Mythbusters! Cool.

Another one of the reasons people switched away from Altavista/Lycos/etc to Google was because Google's service was actually superior.

Unfortunately today, Digg falls far short of this. The dupes are far worse than at Slashdot. Way worse. The amount of non-tech, non-news, and general crap is usually a lot greater than the amount of releveant tech news. A lot greater. We may complain about Slashdot, but at Digg the problems are worse. And to say that they don't have any ad submissions hit front page is laughable (this, for example, is currently front paged and it's no different from this post except the software). Of course, even if there were a complete lack of ads, it would be far overshadowed when you have a story like Bill Gates's House on Google Maps. And, of course, the comments there are hardly worthwhile.

So, sure, Digg is a nice little curiosity. But as a Slashdot replacement it fails in far short. Complain about Slashdot all you want, but the reality is that it is not as bad as we say, and it's nowhere near as bad as Digg.

Another one of the reasons people switched away from Altavista/Lycos/etc to Google was because Google's service was actually superior.

Unfortunately today, Digg falls far short of this. The dupes are far worse than at Slashdot. Way worse. The amount of non-tech, non-news, and general crap is usually a lot greater than the amount of releveant tech news. A lot greater. We may complain about Slashdot, but at Digg the problems are worse. And to say that they don't have any ad submissions hit front page is laughable (this, for example, is currently front paged and it's no different from this post except the software). Of course, even if there were a complete lack of ads, it would be far overshadowed when you have a story like Bill Gates's House on Google Maps. And, of course, the comments there are hardly worthwhile.

So, sure, Digg is a nice little curiosity. But as a Slashdot replacement it fails in far short. Complain about Slashdot all you want, but the reality is that it is not as bad as we say, and it's nowhere near as bad as Digg.

Fortunately, back then, Google was a great alternative. And fortunately today, we have another alternative that hasn't taken this practice up (yet).

Yes, I also have a problem with a lack of alternatives. There is no lack of other sites that post news for nerds, but there is no site with anywhere near the readership that Slashdot has - Slashdot is a real institution, everbody knows it. Not that the Slashdot readership is all good, hell no; it's just really really large and this quantity entails the existance of a certain degree of quality, if you're willing to look for it or if moderation works as advertised.

That said, one of the sites that always gets mentioned when people ask for alternatives to Slashdot - and rightly so, I guess - is kuro5hin (also known simply as k5). It's really, really different though, different readership (maybe smarter, but only on average), different topics, different moderation system. K5 and Slashdot readers have an odd sort of relationship, you can see remarks about each other regularly on both sides. Maybe somebody else can say more, I always think it's fairly strange. Personally, I've tried to get into K5 a couple of times, never worked out.
Apart from K5, what's left? Recently I bookmarked digg, but I haven't gotten into it, and I doubt I will for reasons outlined in the first paragraph. There have been attempts of explicitly creating an alternative "better" Slashdot, most notably Technocrat by none other than Bruce Perens, which was pretty much a failure, although I am surprised to see there still are lots of news items and between 1 and 5 comments on each (hah!). Oh and of course there's Fark which to me is pretty much like a reverse-K5 from Slashdot's point of view - take from that what you will.

Heh, this has gotten a bit out of hand considering I only wanted to drop a few links to K5 and digg.

See also: Slashdot on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

As good Slashdot and Digg readers (http://www.digg.com/apple/iPod_Video..._Details_) , we know that word on the street is to expect an iPod Video model to debut sometime perfect for the Christmas 2005 holiday buying season. Word is that Apple is looking for video content for such a device.

If you'd like to see the NewWHO series available for digital distribution through iTunes (and for iPod Video and iPod Photo/Color models), then let Apple know by writing to them and asking that they actively pursue acquiring digital distribution rights here in the U.S. Such a distribution agreement would create buzz not only for the allegedly upcoming iPod Video unit but also buzz for the new series here in America.

Write to Apple here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipod.html

If you'd like TiVo to take a look at a digital distribution agreement for broadband equipped TiVos, write to TiVo here:

http://research.tivo.com/suggestions/2web519.htm

I'm including TiVo as an option since it is well known that TiVo wants to actively pursue digital downloads for their machines and they are currently testing downloads of IFC Channel original content (Greg the Bunny, etc.) through their current beta tests.

http://digg.com/technology/Google_s_Next_move_ Heh your right... cause I linked to your blog yesterday! ah well... it was interesting... still is.

We've already given in to our Soviet rocket overlords by ditching the shuttle's airplane-like design. Now taking a giant U-turn on CPU's would increase the irony so much more. All we need now is for Ariel Sharon to accuse George Bush of stealing their ideas, and the irony would be complete.

digg.com has been taking down quite a few sites recently as well.. perhaps an adaptive mod_coralize would be better.

Slashdot Declaration of Independence

(Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/

When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing
any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by
the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different?

We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues.
There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors
are not so much editors as they are salesman.

In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor.
These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum
to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot
be criticized.

We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors.

1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking:
Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days
before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the
content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the
editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor.

Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there
is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly
emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions
are labeled as hate mail.

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/

2. Increased commercialization behind articles:
Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy.
Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get
Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations.

Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement"

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/

3. Blatant editor errors:
The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe
it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors.

There are several instances of items just not being checked:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282

Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three
points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems
of spell checking etc.

Resolution:
We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot.
http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd.

If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the
editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they
are resolved.

Slashdot Declaration of Independence

(Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/

When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing
any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by
the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different?

We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues.
There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors
are not so much editors as they are salesman.

In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor.
These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum
to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot
be criticized.

We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors.

1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking:
Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days
before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the
content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the
editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor.

Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there
is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly
emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions
are labeled as hate mail.

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/

2. Increased commercialization behind articles:
Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy.
Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get
Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations.

Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement"

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/

3. Blatant editor errors:
The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe
it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors.

There are several instances of items just not being checked:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282

Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three
points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems
of spell checking etc.

Resolution:
We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot.
http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd.

If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the
editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they
are resolved.

Slashdot Declaration of Independence (Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/ When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different? We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues. There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors are not so much editors as they are salesman. In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor. These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot be criticized. We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors. 1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking: Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor. Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions are labeled as hate mail. http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/ 2. Increased commercialization behind articles: Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy. Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations. Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement" http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/ 3. Blatant editor errors: The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors. There are several instances of items just not being checked: http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467 http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798 http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520 http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282 Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems of spell checking etc. Resolution: We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot. http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd. If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they are resolved. Demand more from this money-making machine! You are all its customers. You have the power! (Links taken from http://www.anti-slash.org/

Slashdot Declaration of Independence (Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/ When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different? We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues. There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors are not so much editors as they are salesman. In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor. These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot be criticized. We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors. 1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking: Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor. Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions are labeled as hate mail. http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/ 2. Increased commercialization behind articles: Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy. Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations. Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement" http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/ 3. Blatant editor errors: The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors. There are several instances of items just not being checked: http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467 http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798 http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520 http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282 Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems of spell checking etc. Resolution: We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot. http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd. If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they are resolved. Demand more from this money-making machine! You are all its customers. You have the power! (Links taken from http://www.anti-slash.org/

TRY
http://reddit.com./
http://www.digg.com/
http://www.metafilter.com/

This has already been dealt with on Digg.

The rankings are based on how many new subscribers the show has received, not total subscribers for a show. That means established shows will probably have a larger listener base but might not be in the top 20.

Slashdot Declaration of Independence

(Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/

When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing
any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by
the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different?

We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues.
There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors
are not so much editors as they are salesman.

In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor.
These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum
to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot
be criticized.

We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors.

1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking:
Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days
before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the
content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the
editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor.

Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there
is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly
emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions
are labeled as hate mail.

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/

2. Increased commercialization behind articles:
Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy.
Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get
Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations.

Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement"

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/

3. Blatant editor errors:
The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe
it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors.

There are several instances of items just not being checked:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282

Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three
points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems
of spell checking etc.

Resolution:
We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot.
http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd.

If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the
editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they
are resolved.

Slashdot Declaration of Independence

(Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/

When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing
any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by
the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different?

We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues.
There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors
are not so much editors as they are salesman.

In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor.
These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum
to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot
be criticized.

We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors.

1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking:
Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days
before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the
content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the
editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor.

Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there
is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly
emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions
are labeled as hate mail.

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/

2. Increased commercialization behind articles:
Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy.
Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get
Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations.

Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement"

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/

3. Blatant editor errors:
The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe
it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors.

There are several instances of items just not being checked:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282

Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three
points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems
of spell checking etc.

Resolution:
We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot.
http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd.

If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the
editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they
are resolved.

Am I the only one that gets his news well before Slashdot on http://www.digg.com/?

Go ahead and mod me troll. :)

This story was on Digg long before it got put on slashdot. Is slashdot an inferior system for speedy news?

People are moving fast when it comes to Apple products :)

Here is a video review for the new Apple MightyMouse (warning: site already "dug" (digg.com)).

Slashdot Declaration of Independence (Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/ When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different? We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues. There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors are not so much editors as they are salesman. In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor. These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot be criticized. We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors. 1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking: Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor. Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions are labeled as hate mail. http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/ 2. Increased commercialization behind articles: Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy. Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations. Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement" http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/ 3. Blatant editor errors: The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors. There are several instances of items just not being checked: http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467 http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798 http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520 http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282 Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems of spell checking etc. Resolution: We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot. http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd. If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they are resolved. Demand more from this money-making machine! You are all its customers. You have the power! (Links taken from http://www.anti-slash.org/

Slashdot Declaration of Independence (Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/ When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different? We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues. There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors are not so much editors as they are salesman. In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor. These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot be criticized. We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors. 1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking: Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor. Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions are labeled as hate mail. http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/ 2. Increased commercialization behind articles: Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy. Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations. Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement" http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/ 3. Blatant editor errors: The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors. There are several instances of items just not being checked: http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467 http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798 http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520 http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282 Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems of spell checking etc. Resolution: We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot. http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd. If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they are resolved. Demand more from this money-making machine! You are all its customers. You have the power! (Links taken from http://www.anti-slash.org/

Slashdot Declaration of Independence

(Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/

When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing
any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by
the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different?

We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues.
There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors
are not so much editors as they are salesman.

In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor.
These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum
to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot
be criticized.

We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors.

1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking:
Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days
before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the
content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the
editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor.

Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there
is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly
emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions
are labeled as hate mail.

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/

2. Increased commercialization behind articles:
Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy.
Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get
Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations.

Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement"

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/

3. Blatant editor errors:
The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe
it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors.

There are several instances of items just not being checked:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282

Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three
points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems
of spell checking etc.

Resolution:
We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot.
http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd.

If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the
editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they
are resolved.

Slashdot Declaration of Independence

(Quick summary: use http://www.digg.com/

When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing
any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by
the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different?

We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues.
There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors
are not so much editors as they are salesman.

In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor.
These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum
to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot
be criticized.

We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors.

1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking:
Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days
before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the
content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the
editor to complain, surely they wouldn't have chastised by the editor.

Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there
is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly
emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions
are labeled as hate mail.

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/

2. Increased commercialization behind articles:
Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy.
Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get
Slashdot in good graces with particular organizations.

Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement"

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/

3. Blatant editor errors:
The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe
it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors.

There are several instances of items just not being checked:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282

Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three
points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems
of spell checking etc.

Resolution:
We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot.
http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd.

If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the
editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they
are resolved.

Slashdot Declaration of Independence

When other tech companies severely take advantage of their customers, dismissing
any notion of customer service or satisfaction, they are no doubt subject to criticism by
the ever vigilant masses of Slashdot. Why should Slashdot itself be any different?

We must remember that slashdot makes money off subscriptions and ad revenues.
There is no altruistic motivation behind their actions, and as such, the Slashdot editors
are not so much editors as they are salesman.

In addition, we must remember that Slashdot is NOT a legitimate journalistic endeavor.
These so-called editors did not attend journalism school, nor is there a centralized forum
to air grievances done on the site. To the slashdot editors, their words are final, and cannot
be criticized.

We put forth three major grievances we have with Slashdot and its editors.

1. Complete lack of dupe checking and article checking:
Imagine a newspaper that routinely prints stories from months, weeks and even days
before. Image the same newspaper placing all import on the headline, rather than the
content. Surely this newspaper would not last long. If the readers would write in to the
editor to complain, surely they wouldn'thave chastised by the editor.

Yet, as we are all aware of, this is the biggest problem facing slashdot. Although there
is no editorial section in which we may submit letters, we have the option to directly
emailing the editors. What happens when we do? We are scolded and our opinions
are labeled as hate mail.

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/CmdrTaco/taco _dupe_lash_out/

2. Increased commercialization behind articles:
Many recent articles seem to be advertisement for products, and not really newsworthy.
Other articles (including the recent "discovery" of month old google products) try to get Slashdot in
good graces with particular organizations.

Here are more examples of such "Slash-vertisement:"

http://www.anti-slash.org/injustices/other/extreme tech_slashvertisement/

3. Blatant editor errors:
The role of an editor is to oversee the final content of text before it goes into publication. That, believe
it or not, includes checking minor errors in HTML and spelling, in addition to larger errors.

There are several instances of items just not being checked:
http://books.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157102&c id=13170467
http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157 209&cid=13177798
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=157125 &cid=13172520
http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=156961&c id=13159282

Where as grievance one details the question of "newsworthiness" of an article, grievance three
points out instances where article and summary do not agree, in addition to the smaller problems
of spell checking etc.

Resolution:
We do not have to stand for this lack of respect toward the customer. There are alternatives to slashdot.
http://www.digg.com/ has had good reviews from the slashdot crowd.

If leaving slashdot all together seems too extremist you can start demanding better treatment from the
editors. Demand a public forum where we can discuss our issues with slashdot, and see that they
are resolved.

Demand more from this money-making machine! You are all its customers. You

Well, if they want to keep their traffic up and keep people from moving over to Digg maybe they should think about actually doing their damned jobs sometime. If this was a non-profit site or something I could understand the slack, but they're making money here and they need to step things up.

Honestly, I'm getting pretty sick of slashdot lately. I'm finding a lot more interesting articles over at digg. The only thing missing is the witty satire of the slashdot crowd.

Is there a reason why all these slashdot posts are coming here days after they appear on digg? This was on digg like 8 days ago.

Without AJAX?

I guess you forgot to check this page

http://digg.com/

It's like Slashdot, only without the disgusting gays, and like del.icio.us, only without the AJAX-Ruby-On-Rails-finger-in-ass-wiggling monkeys

Perhaps you saw it on digg. http://digg.com/software/How_Google_Maps_Got_Me_Ou t_Of_A_Traffic_Ticket

http://www.digg.com/

Use google. I can't find the original Indian newspaper article, but there are plenty of mentions from back then (including one with a picture). The link to Microsoft's own take on the story is dead now, but it's mentioned all over the place.

I'm not very picky when it comes to news. I don't even mind a little bit of opinion here and there. But come on, these Slashdot stories are so sensationalistic and often misleading or dupes it's sad. The news posting system should use some sort of voting system like Digg.com. since the editors clearly hate their jobs.

Whew I just made my first Slashdot bashing post. Feels good!

on http://digg.com/

I've noticed they've been getting some good scoops on the slashdot crowd recently (not that the PC fan story is necessarily one of them).

Firewalls. Where I work, we're blocked from all the known webmail providers and all known "anonymizer/translator" services. (I stumbled across a new anonymizer through digg, but it only worked for about a week before it was blocked too.)

Watch out Digg.com! Slashdot is coming to claim your turf on ancient web content! We're gonna out-digg you! Or digg you out! Or digg.... dugg?

-- mumbles incoherently ---

"By the way, he has a website: http://www.digg.com/ which is like Slashdot but community-driven, give it a try."

Digg is not his; it was made and is run by a friend of his. Kevin's involvement in dig is that he's an active user on it. Digg also has about the same quality readers as Kevins blog. You can always count on the comments to be really intelligent...

I greatly enjoyed The Broken. Whatever happened to it?

The Broken just released a few episodes. Apparently he's going to rerelease it again with systm (according to his blog, those are going to be his two flagship shows).http://www.kevinrose.com/

By the way, he has a website: http://www.digg.com/ which is like Slashdot but community-driven, give it a try.

There are many general social bookmark services available, but Digg (along with del.icio.us) is one of my favorites in that Digg focuses mainly on Tech related things. It is starting to become more and more popular and is really worth checking out.

digg

2005-05-19 11:01:56 AM vroxx

Reported on Digg yesterday... WITH a BT link.
http://digg.com/movies/longasstitle...

Reported on Slashdot Tomorrow.

/news for nerds my a$$

Here's another example where the makers of Mountain Dew invited potential "beta testers" to provide mailing address, e-mail and date of birth (presumably for a product sample). The form was insecure and there was no privacy statement on the page, yet the kids who read Digg eagerly signed up (in spite of some grumpy old Slashdotter posting about the absurdity of it all).

I'm sure many teens and pre-teens wouldn't bat an eye at providing virtually any type of personal data (including biometric) if it meant getting something as appealing as a free can of soda. Hell, I think most mainstream web surfers are the same regardless of age. Virtually any student or friend of mine who calls me about a computer problem starts by blurting out their passwords to me even before I can stop them--they want to be 'helpful,' but I think they also want to demonstrate loyalty and trust.

I may be wrong, but die-hard fans of certain products or movies might actually like the idea of giving personal data to entities they want to identify (or be identified) with. If Apple wanted your fingerprint to activate Tiger, you can bet some hard-cores would consider it some kind of compliment or rite of passage.

Trying to infect Prius with a Symbian "virus" is like trying to infect a tree with a choc chip cookie . Hey I can come up with a better one - it's like trying to infect shampoo with a book on eating disorders (now go picture that in your head for a second). But this is so sweet - it takes one dumb kid with too much time on their hands and one even dumber kid to moderate at voila! you get slashdot "news".

Whenever thousands of Prius owners and millions of concerned drivers hear a rumor about some virus that can infect cars, it is always cause for concern. I had heard about this before, and was actually relieved (not that much, but still) when I read this story. And, even if I had read the post you referenced, I would still be glad that a statement made by ArrayIndexOutOfBound on a tech news site was validated by F-Secure, a company that _knows_ viruses.

Still, I (a reasonably intelligent and informed /. user) personally have no knowledge of how the bluetooth virus everyone has been talking about works. I know nothing of what OS the Prius uses and how it compares with certain cell phones. I thought this was news.

Lighten up, jerk.