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Slashdot Effect, Live and In Person

Posted by chrisd on from the now-you-can-moderate-locally dept.

Thread writes "This group is getting together slashdot readers all over the world. Check out slashdot.meetup.com to meet up with Slashdot readers in your town." The meetup.com site is pretty much brand new, and it's a fun idea. We thought this was kind of a cool idea and something a bunch of people have asked for in email and in past stories so we thought "let's see what happens."

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  1. Meeting, why not just a LAN party? by peterdaly · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who wants to meet? Since when are geeks social? Grab your PC and CAT5 and setup a LAN party into the wee hours of the morning.

    Ouch! I just had a visual of 50 people all trying to get first post...all in the same room.

    -Pete

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  2. top 3 bad jokes i predict from this thread by bilbobuggins · · Score: 5, Funny
    Top 3 bad jokes you will see in this thread:

    3) If we get there first do we get to yell 'FIRST MEET!'???

    2) Will there be moderators monitoring our conversations? If so do I get more karma for imported beer?

    1) Hey man, if we linked them all up together via video conferencing it would be like a Beowulf cluster of /. meetings!!!

  3. Good, I hope you show your face. by Typingsux · · Score: 5, Funny
    I really want to meet you anonymous coward.

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  4. Key difference by ez76 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You get to "moderate" the trolls whether you have points or not.

    (cracks knuckles)

  5. Not excited. by DarkHelmet · · Score: 5, Funny
    Oh wonderful! A couple hundred nerds in my area going to meet geek chicks and finding that none of them turn up.

    I'm sorry, but I'd rather stay at home chatting up guys who *say* they're women than knowing that they're not.

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  6. Should I go? by writermike · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who will be attending this meetup?
    So far, the following people have signed up:

    AssFace

    Ummm...

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  7. Re:Didn't this bother anyone else? by Anenga · · Score: 5, Funny

    Crap! Your right!

    Your mom, or friend or somebody might look over your shoulder and cancel your mailing subscription for slashdot meetups!

    Somebody alarm the IT Department!

  8. lets slashdot a bar! by deft · · Score: 5, Funny

    lets get a couple hundred people to try and get into a small bar running a 1 bartender server system, and see if he can handle the load.

    with this many people, it should be pretty easy to over run the bar buffer and get into the back end areas like the kitchen and accounting areas.

    ahhh, the REAL slashdot effect in person.

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