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http://meta.slashdot.org/story... posted on /.'s main page 13 HOURS before your comment has a link in the summary to http://fossforce.com/2016/01/s... from which the text was taken.

Yeah, this is the modern /. where people refuse to read TFAs but really...

Get rid of the deceptive ad practices and unwanted bundled offers. Improve the feature set. More here: http://fossforce.com/2016/01/s...

Do that first. That instills "going to find you slash your fucking car tires" kind of anger rather than the simple "don't really feel like arguing about it" crap going on here. That site was a unique shining star on the web before that crap.

Unicorp or whatever those guys are whining about can wait.

An immediate, marked improvement in the quality of the stories and editing would be nice. If necessary, reject more submissions. Nobody will mind if there aren't 50 stories a day 30 of which are crap to wade through. Unless unemployed, there isn't reason to need to have more than one or two Slashdot fixes per day.

Also, if you want to show ads, you need to get creative and COOPERATE with us about it.

I do actually find ads worthwhile if it's something I am interested or relevant to the article. As an example, several times articles about LED lighting in homes has gotten me to go look for, and maybe buy some lights. An ad to Amazon.com for some lights on THAT article would work great. I don't need lube, vaginal cream, lifelock, or a russian bride in an LED article.

One suggestion I have is get and use your own hostname for the ad network. I.e. adnetwork6.slashdot.com. FORCE them to use the hostname YOU pick. They can CNAME it behind whatever hostname they want after that. Then post it on the site so it can be whitelisted voluntarily without risking a bunch of bad shit trying to infect my machine somewhere else. Something goes wrong, and back on the list it goes. If the ad guys know you can and will shut it off, they'll behave better. That would give you more control, and us more control.

I have not seen ads on most sites since I learned what a HOSTS file was, and when they figure out how to get around that I'll be using internal DNS servers and firewalls to do it. If being selective was possible even if not necessarily easy, I'd do it. For now. I stop all of them.

Our first order of business is to get rid of any malware and deceptive advertisements. Check out the plans here: http://fossforce.com/2016/01/s...

What? You expect us to read the linked article? Are you new here? :)

When you say things like "synergies", do you do it with a straight face or do you need to stifle your laughter?

Get rid of the deceptive ad practices and unwanted bundled offers. Improve the feature set. More here: http://fossforce.com/2016/01/s...

Our first order of business is to get rid of any malware and deceptive advertisements. Check out the plans here: http://fossforce.com/2016/01/s...

My name is Logan Abbott and I am part of the team that purchased Slashdot and SourceForge from DHI. I've been a long time reader of Slashdot, but I'm getting my bearings as a first time editor. It is true that Slashdot was sold to BIZX. Contrary to one of the previous comments, BIZX is not an "SEO company" (granted, our corporate site isn't the coolest thing. Note to self: get that thing updated). BIZX is a small web media company based out of San Diego, CA that's been around for 16 years.

I've been involved with the Internet my whole life so I'm not shocked by the comments I'm getting as a new editor. Heck, posting anonymously I'd probably be doing the same thing in your shoes (all is fair in love and war and the Internet). If anything, it shows the dedication this community has in keeping Slashdot relevant and true to its origins. I have a background in Drupal and PHP, so I'm still getting the hang of this Perl thing.

As for the future of the site, yes we will address it. There are a lot of moving parts in assuming control of two huge sites so we will address it as soon as we can. We're going to listen to you guys as to the future of the site. I don't mean listen like we're going to roll out a full new version of the site, and then field complaints from loyal users like the last time Slashdot was changed. I mean we are actually going to listen. You're not going to wake up tomorrow to a Slashdot you don't recognize. Our immediate plan is to give Slashdot the support it needs to be the most successful and vibrant technology news and discussion community as possible. There might be some hiccups along the way, but I can take the heat and very much welcome all of your feedback. To be clear, we want to continue improving with the true spirit of Slashdot in mind.

There is more information here for the time being: http://fossforce.com/2016/01/s...

Happy to answer more questions.

“Oracle wouldn’t be my first choice but it sounds like they put it up for a bidding process and when everyone saw how complicated the project was, Oracle’s the only one that hung in there.”

“It’s hard to judge the quality from the outside, but if you look at their front end website, there are a lot of things they didn’t do. When you look at their technology practices, even the ones we can see from the outside, it’s obvious they didn’t put their ‘A’ team on this. So, yeah, I do think that Oracle didn’t do a good job and they probably shouldn’t have taken it in the first place, because they’ve taken on something it would be impossible to do a good job on.” ref