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Ask Slashdot: How Can We Improve Slashdot?
Hi all. Most of you are already aware that Slashdot was sold by DHI Group last week, and I very much enjoyed answering questions and reading feedback in the comments of that announcement story. There's no doubt that the Slashdot community is one of the most thoughtful, intelligent, and prolific communities on the web.
I wanted to use this opportunity to get a discussion going on how we can improve Slashdot moving forward. I am not talking about a full re-design that will detract from the original spirit of Slashdot, but rather: user experience, bug fixes, and feature improvements that are requested from actual /. users. We appreciated many of your suggestions in the story announcing the sale, and I have taken note of those suggestions. This story will serve as a more master list for feature requests and improvement suggestions.
We welcome any and all suggestions. Some ideas mentioned in the sale story were, in no particular order: Unicode support, direct messaging, increased cap on comment scores, put more weight on firehose voting to determine which stories make the front page, reduced time required between comments, and many more. We'd love a chance to discuss these suggestions and feature improvements and pros and cons here before we bring them back to our team for implementation.
I wanted to use this opportunity to get a discussion going on how we can improve Slashdot moving forward. I am not talking about a full re-design that will detract from the original spirit of Slashdot, but rather: user experience, bug fixes, and feature improvements that are requested from actual /. users. We appreciated many of your suggestions in the story announcing the sale, and I have taken note of those suggestions. This story will serve as a more master list for feature requests and improvement suggestions.
We welcome any and all suggestions. Some ideas mentioned in the sale story were, in no particular order: Unicode support, direct messaging, increased cap on comment scores, put more weight on firehose voting to determine which stories make the front page, reduced time required between comments, and many more. We'd love a chance to discuss these suggestions and feature improvements and pros and cons here before we bring them back to our team for implementation.
here's no doubt that the Slashdot community is one of the most thoughtful, intelligent, and prolific communities on the web.
You must be new here.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.
Check the department.
Give me more ways to make people understand just how wrong they are when I write a reply that contradicts everything they said. Some way to really make them realize their stupidity and experience terrible shame because of it.
I think that would help your bottom line quite a lot, since that seems to be what the majority of people come to slashdot to do.
(Yes, this post is a troll. I won't apologize though, as that would violate slashdot tradition.)
More Ponies !!!
Second that. Sometimes it's 3 or 4 hours between new stories on the front page - on a work day!
If you were working you wouldn't notice.
It's the only way to be sure.
I want the power to decide who lives and who dies.
Editor, A1-AAA AmeriCaptions
How about:
Free massages for all Uid's under 100k. Preferably at the Bunny Ranch.
Natalie Portman pouring hot grits down our pants. (I think she was still underage when that meme began; I have no real Idea what it means.)
Another interview with Larry Niven.
Interviews with the Goatse guy and tubgirl. (don't search either one.)
I'm sure I'm missing something...
Truth isn't Truth - Guliani
I wanted to use this opportunity to get a discussion going on how we can improve Slashdot moving forward.
Let's start by banning the phrase "moving forward" unless you're talking about physical motion in a forward direction. Without a time machine there is no other direction for the "movement" of which you speak.
Everything and its opposite is true. Get used to it.
Trolls have always been an integral part of slashdot, and part of the "uncensored" appeal of the site. "First they came for the trolls ..."
Yeah; one of the things I've been trying for: I've gotten troll+insightful, troll+informative, troll+funny, and funny+insightful+informative mods over the years, but I've never managed to get a troll+funny+(insightful|informative), no matter how hard I try. Part of it is starting off at level 2, so I have to get exactly 1 of each to succeed. Evicting trolls would totally end this (admittedly pointless) goal. OTOH, if the max rating were raised above 5, I'd stand a better chance of success. I've seen others manage it, so I know it's possible.
(I think I've figured out how to write "insightful" and "informative" messages that get me a "troll" mod from the overly serious or doctrinaire. But I haven't really figured out how to offend the humor-impaired while getting the humor across while talking seriously. It's sorta like trying to juggle one too many balls. ;-)
Those who do study history are doomed to stand helplessly by while everyone else repeats it.
Hell yeah we do my UID is lower than your's. BRB... getting a lower UID.
Sorry, "rote talking-point exchanges." My kingdom for an Edit button.
A 7 digit UID is now a loyal old fart? This site has changed. (Do we still do my UID is lower than your's any more?)
You betcha we still do. Mind you I'm scared of waking up the really low UIDs
Then don't walk on our graves.
--Eh? Say what now?
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== WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??