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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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    Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
  2. 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.

  3. 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: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!