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Slashdot Killed My Kickstarter Campaign

Posted by timothy on from the resharpen-your-knives dept.

New submitter agizis writes "Alex from Connectify here. I wanted to say thanks to all of you who commented on the Slashdot story about our Kickstarter campaign It was super-educational discussing Switchboard with all of you: you wanted your own servers, and we weren't doing enough to communicate what was so special about Switchboard. Based in a large part on your feedback, we blew up our Kickstarter campaign, and changed almost everything. Thanks, Slashdot. This isn't reddit, but ask me anything."

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  1. Kickstarter & Slashdot by XxtraLarGe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hi Alex, thanks for the info. Based on your experience with Kickstarter, do you think a Kickstarter to get a subscription to Slashdot would be successful? I don't seem to be able to disable ads anymore based on my karma, and I'm finding them highly annoying.

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    1. Re:Kickstarter & Slashdot by Minupla · · Score: 1, Funny

      The disable ads option is still there for me, mehaps your karma just isn't high enough at the moment?

      Min

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    2. Re:Kickstarter & Slashdot by pixelpusher220 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Slashdot has generally become a hangout for hecklers and no-nothings who simply do not know what they are talking about regards new ideas and technology

      So it's the internet basically?

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  2. Finally /.'d again by cod3r_ · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems now days with fast interwebs and badass servers you don't see many pages getting /.'d which was half the fun of posting websites back in the day. Now we are here to /. your kickstarter projects

  3. Stop feeding the trolls. by steelfood · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stop. You're giving people here a feeling of relevance. They might try to fight the RIAA/MPAA in court next, or come up with a new way to find extra-solar planets, or create new physics, or even run for public office.

    Who knows what they might do with this new feeling of power? It's dangerous, and you need to stop encouraging this behavior right now!

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    1. Re:Stop feeding the trolls. by pavon · · Score: 5, Funny

      They might try to fight the RIAA/MPAA in court next, or come up with a new way to find extra-solar planets, or create new physics, or even run for public office.

      No we won't. This just confirms our belief that complaining about problems on slashdot is all that is needed to make a difference.

  4. Re:Thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks guy. Since we can ask anything.

    Why is Slashdot so much better than reddit?

    Because the stories hit Slashdot days after reddit so we've had plenty of time to think about our sarcastic posts.

  5. obviously I disabled it to post this... by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I find that a well-tuned bullshit detector blocks Slashvertisements just fine.

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  6. Re:Linux Release by drfred79 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I did create an account purely for this post because I've been wanting a Linux release of Dispatch for almost a year.

  7. Re:No, this isn't reddit. by lewdavis · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who brings a duck to a horse fight?

  8. Re:Truth About Switchboard by lewdavis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dave from Connectify here. Right you are. The second description you gave is technically correct, but didn't have nearly the sizzle of your first!

  9. Re:"This isn't reddit..." by TheSkepticalOptimist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Let me lick the cheesy poofs off my fingers before I reply...

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