SlashTweaks Let YOU Micro-Edit Slashdot

Here at Slashdot, we watched as Twitter distilled perfected minimalized trivialized discourse to just the perfect 140 characters, while kuro5hin Digg reddit WSJ showed us that everyone's voice mattered equally when creating the noise news noose narcissistic experience. We've taken the next step with SlashTweaks. Within each Slashdot story dupe trollbait turdshine you will be presented with several opportunities to make micro-edits: ranging from factual errors or tonal shifts to simple typos. Since Tweaks are just a single word, there is very little barrier to entry... you have no excuse not to participate. Stories will incorporate the highest rated goatse SlashTweak natalieportman grits socially and mathematically guaranteeing the best story possible. Our highest rated trolling karmawhoring paying users can start new tweaks on individual words, while everyone else will be rating existing tweaks. Thanks for your participation and patience while we iterate on this, making sure that we are able to stay ahead of the bleeding moronic romantic cutting edge of webbovation!

Comments

Can we have this on comments too ?

[ls671]

Can we have this on comments too ?

Re:Can we have this on comments too ?

[sam1am]

[Can't] we have this [in real life] too? was how I micro-edited your comment.

Re:Can we have this on comments too ?

[evilbessie]

Can I get a +5 funny please.

Re:Can we have this on comments too ?

[vmxeo]

I can't believe this was modded [mod]. You're obviously another rabid [OS] fanboy worshiping at the feet of [Tech CEO]. The summary was horribly written, but what do you expect from [Slashdot Editor]? Why is this even filed under [Slashdot category, not 'Idle']? I should have been filed under [Slashdot category, use 'Idle']. While IANA[letter], I do know about [random subject] from reading [website] and you'll notice I have a [number from 1 to 100] Slashdot ID. What needs to be done is [personal opinion]. Of course, it'll never work because [conspiracy theory]. Finally, in [political organization] [country], [object] [verb] YOU!

Please mod this comment [cardinal direction]

Interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

you will be presented with several opportunities to make micro-edits: ranging from factual errors or tonal shifts to simple typos.

Surely the editors have been using this feature all along?

Can we lose the links?

[Rich0]

While we're at it, can we get an option to remove all the hyperlinks from summaries? None of us follow them anyway and they tend to distract from the flaming.

You're slipping.

[bmo]

The best April fools jokes I've seen so far today are the Canterbury Distribution and the ThinkGeek "Apple Store" Playmobil set, and the ThinkGeek "Lightsaber Popsicle"

Just close enough to reality to catch you unawares.

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BMO - OMG PONIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re:You're slipping.

[itsdapead]

The best April fools jokes I've seen so far today are the Canterbury Distribution and the ThinkGeek "Apple Store" Playmobil set, and the ThinkGeek "Lightsaber Popsicle"

Just close enough to reality to catch you unawares.

Actually, xkcd's effort this year is (a) fun and (b) is a cool hack. Not so much a "gotcha" though since (like last year) they've actually been and gone and done it (Don't just look at the latest cartoon).

Sorry, Slashdot pranksters, to rain on your parade, but you needed to add tweaks to every single article to compete...

yay, april fool

[jollyreaper]

I only wish the most recent redesign was the april fool joke.

Re:Actually sounds useful

[Bucc5062]

In a strange, altered mindset way I miss OMG Ponies. Nothing said April First like a pink tech web site. Now it is just bland articles we have to guess as to real or fake. I guess there can be only one Pony moment.

Re:Actually sounds useful

[JustOK]

they weren't Ponies, just under-privileged horses that didn't get proper nutrition while growing up in the inner-stables

Re:Actually sounds useful

[MonsterTrimble]

Agreed. I have come to Slashdot every April first hoping to have the return of the OMG Ponies. It was legendary.

While I have too high a number to attempt to discuss how the level of discourse has fallen around here, the number of joke articles on April 1 has truly sucked. I'll take a couple GOOD joke articles but that's it.