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Technocrat.net Shut Down
twitter writes "Bruce Perens has pulled the plug on Technocrat.net. 'The technocrat.net public discussion site is shut down. This has happened because the site never achieved the ability to financially sustain its editorial staff and system expenses with its revenues. When it became evident that Technocrat was un-viable as a business, I found that I did not wish to keep supporting the site as a hobby. Certain elements of the community that developed here, unfortunately, creep me out. At the end I faced the decision of asking for donations to keep the site running, or letting it die, and it became clear to me that I'd feel better if it would just die. I am very busy building a new software business, with some great new (and yet unannounced) Open Source software in development. I must focus on that for now. Best holiday wishes to you all.'"
It's a shame. I thrive on reading the work of trolls and the drama they incite. Can't say I'm much good at trolling myself, but that's they way it goes.
Anyway, I think that's why Slashdot succeeds. It strikes the right balance between interesting and informative content, misguided zealotry, blatant outright trolls and vandalism.
I read it as much for the Unix pissing contents as I do for the antics of the various trolls.
It's tough competition.
P.S. Long live twitter. :P
they are a creepy community obviously!
(Apart from the obvious ones,such as the internet being full of a*holes)
Yeah, like Bruce Perens.
(Sorry, it had to be said. And yes, feel free to add me to the list, too; I deserve it.)
Come on man, just visit the website and see for yourself. Er, oh...
I'm with you buddy. The troll quality on slashdot has gone down, replaced with copypasta. Occassionally, I'll see something so outrageous (like n*gg*r instruction manual) it makes me laugh.
One thing you might do is post a "mirror" of the article with a comment somewhere in the middle about CmdrTaco molesting a boy. Another thing you can do is claim to know the person in question, then make over-the-top-but-still-plausible claims about them.
If all else fails, post instructions for having dolphin sex or amputating your pecker.
BWAHAHAHAHA
OH SHIT, I can just imagine it
Perens: Wow, I can't believe it -this story has 30 whole comments from -what is this? Ten new users!
*checks the IP logs*
Perens: Oh -wait. what? Aw Fuck I can't believe this shit!
*closes website*
kaptcha: "decayed"
I am not familiar with the community at Technocrat or the site itself for that matter. Anyone care to elaborate?
There has been some talk of scripting a live action Jar Jar Binks movie on there.
I record my sleeptalking
Has Netcraft confirmed this??
Take the cheese to sickbay, the doctor should see it as soon as possible - B'Elanna Torres, "Learning Curve"
"neverheardofit" would be a good tag for this article. It could be just me, but I've been reading tech news sites for a few years now and haven't heard of this one...
It was all the guys fawning over the famous Bruce Perens and pesterim him to send them his used underwear. In the end Bruce relented and open sourced the "blueprints" for his underwear, but it was too little too late.
I've been saying that for some time. Rumour has it it's nearly as bad over at technocrat.net
At the bottom of the
Ya'all creepy! I'm going to go over here now! Merry Christmas!
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Basically he thought he could throw up a slash installation and that a community would magically form around it
To be fair, that's pretty much what slashdot did.
Can't say I like the trolls, but pretending that what happens on the semi-productive section of Slashdot is of some grand importance seems like a bit of a reach.
There's a semi-productive section of this site? Wow. Hey, post the link to it when you get a chance.
Can't say I like the trolls, but pretending that what happens on the semi-productive section of Slashdot is of some grand importance seems like a bit of a reach.
There's a semi-productive section of this site? Wow. Hey, post the link to it when you get a chance.
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