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Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the omg-i-heart-ponies-lol dept.

Our marketing department has done extensive research over the last 3 quarters and discovered that our audience is strangely disproportionately skewed towards males. Like, 98.3% males to be precise. To correct this oversight, we have decided to subtly tweak Slashdot's design and content to widen our appeal to these less active demographics. Don't worry! We'll still continue to serve our core audience, but we hope you'll work with us as we try to find a balance that will work for all.

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  1. Never mind by erick99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can definitely feel myself getting in touch with my inner....oh, never mind...

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    1. Re:Never mind by hirnfurz · · Score: 5, Funny

      At first I thought I misclicked, got to a porn site and started looking around in case anybody was watching me. But then I remembered: the porn site was blue...

    2. Re:Never mind by Clived · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hey folks

      Been on /. like 8 years. An old fogey (57 yr old). Love it here, am very sensitive to the younger female crowd, got lots of young chic buddies ... but the PINK

      Gawd, guys .. Please .. any color but pink.

      my two bits

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    3. Re:Never mind by DigitalDren · · Score: 5, Funny

      Its not PINK, its Lightish Red.

    4. Re:Never mind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Should it not say "pwnies"?

      (...It's still March 31st here, gimme a break...)

    5. Re:Never mind by aichpvee · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but if they don't start early how are they going to dupe the April Fools posts?

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  2. OMG! by American+AC+in+Paris · · Score: 5, Funny
    This. Is. Sooo awesome!

    You guys are totally invited to my sleepover.

    We're gonna talk about servers, and soldering irons, and building your own computer, and cameraphones, and open source software, and

    OH! oh oh oh!

    I heard that Linus and Richard might try to sneak in! They're sooooo cute! *SQueaL!*

    *giggle*

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    1. Re:OMG! by Pantero+Blanco · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I heard that Linus and Richard might try to sneak in! They're sooooo cute! *SQueaL!*"
      Oh, but Mitnick has that adorable bad boy thing going on!

    2. Re:OMG! by tabby · · Score: 5, Funny

      and we can have vi vs emacs pillow fights!

      I am so there.

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    3. Re:OMG! by just-a-stone · · Score: 5, Funny

      damn, i'll miss the please date me, urgently modding option more than ever.

    4. Re:OMG! by woozlewuzzle · · Score: 5, Funny

      Those aren't pillows!!!

    5. Re:OMG! by Toxicgonzo · · Score: 5, Funny

      You guys are totally invited to my sleepover.

      Sleepover? What's that? Is it a Beowulf cluster of women?

    6. Re:OMG! by ClamIAm · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sorry, I don't wanna be the first person to die from a blow to the head from an emacs pillow.

  3. Hmm by Shawn+Parr · · Score: 5, Funny

    As strange as it feels looking at this, it still is better looking than the IT color scheme... ;)

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    1. Re:Hmm by identity0 · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... and slightly less gay than the Apple color scheme.

      But we need more than just a color scheme to get in touch with our femine side - I suggest new mod options.

      "+1 Hug!"
      "+1 You GO, Girl!"
      "+1 Uh huh, I know what you're going through"
      "+1 Oh, really like that shirt, where did you get it?"
      "+1 My boyfriend does that too! Men are such pigs!"

      "-1 Talk to the mod, the user ain't listening"
      "-1 WhatEVER!"
      "-1 Oh sorry, I have to go paint my nails now"

  4. WFT are you guys talking about? by tak+amalak · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think I need to upgrade from this grayscale monitor.

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  5. ah well by Umbral+Blot · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was more amused when there was no official explanation and we were all going "WTF WTF!". I mean with no explanation some of us were forming complex theories involving girls raised to be hackers by their evil masters, barbie, who have trained to seek out and destroy geek culture starting with slashdot.

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  6. I'm just waiting by MechaShiva · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait for them to publish the other extreme with the "OMG!!! Titties!" theme.

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  7. Re:I say... by CAIMLAS · · Score: 5, Funny

    F' the other 1.7%

    I'm trying, I'm trying!

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  8. The law of unintended consequences. by bluephone · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, now we'll have a site full of 30 year old male geeks who have never been on a date, and 13 year old girls. I forsee a period of thousands of "hookups" being made, followed by herds of Feds swarming Ann Arbor shortly thereafter.

    So... ...

    ASL?

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  9. I for one, salute our new female ... umm ... by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry, I was distracted.

    No, it's ok, I think I'll remain seated if you don't mind, ma'am.

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  10. My wife reaction is NOT positive... by SysKoll · · Score: 5, Funny
    I field tested the new design on my techie, smart wife, and she said "if this is how they expect to attract women, no wonder most of their readers are home alone jerking off".

    So, I think you should add a couple of unicorns. Mad science! Robots! Underwear! Cute girls! Full comic online! http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/

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  11. This is no joking matter by moochfish · · Score: 5, Funny

    So many commments, and yet not a single one is modded as insightful or interesting. You know it's April Fools Day.

  12. Re:This will teach you to complain! by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think it should be an automatic thing.

    If somebody becomes a fulltime troll, their stylesheet is permanently locked to "omg ponies".

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  13. This may be a good thing by Gnpatton · · Score: 5, Funny

    This may be a good thing, most of the site has become compleatly illegible.

  14. Slashdot Mountain? by UnCivil+Liberty · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, CowboyNeal, it's a dead give away.

    "I wish I knew how to quit you!"

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  15. Re:Where's the pr0n? by Pharmboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot is what you keep loaded in the OTHER tab, in case the wife walks in and you are looking at pron.

    You just switch tabs right quick, so she sees you are looking at Slashdot, which guarantees she will not have any interest in looking at the computer screen any futher. She won't even notice the other tab with the "Want to play tonight?" title.

    Unless of course Slashdot has a pink ponies theme, which will actual pique her interest. Bastards.

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  16. My wife is NOT positive... by TiggertheMad · · Score: 5, Funny

    I field tested the new design on my techie, smart wife, and she said "if this is how they expect to attract women, no wonder most of their readers are home alone jerking off".

    ...and her reaction confirms that she really is a girl techie. She's bitter, surly, and hostile to men.

    *ducks*

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  17. So, what changed other than the logo? by thedave · · Score: 5, Funny
    My preferences were set to simple, low bandwidth, and no icons. So, I had no idea what all the fuss was about.

    But, I turned it all back on, and

    <SQUEAL> OMG I LUV IT! </SQUEAL>

    I'm telling all my girlfriends to do their site just like this. It is so t3h cuteness!

    XOXOXOXOXO

    Friends 4-Ever!
    It's soooo special, I almost cried.

    Actually, I am crying.





    And a little nauseous.

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  18. Re:Aprli 1st? Slashdot? by Mr+Z · · Score: 5, Funny

    As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint.

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  19. Re:au contraire! by Richard+Frost · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait... you mean there are actually people living outside North America? You just blew my fucking mind!