Postpone any plan to 'migrate' people to the beta at this time and make it clear that you have.
Go back and at least make sure all the current comments-handling functionality is in place on the new site before even thinking of trying it again. Run a story on the current site about the beta again when you have done that, and see how it's received in the comments [you know - the thing Slashdot excels at] before switching people over to it.
Then again, the above only matters if you're concerned about keeping the current user base. That's open to question.
The actual press release is clear
"Slashdot Media was acquired to provide content and services that are important to technology professionals in their everyday work lives and to leverage that reach into the global technology community benefiting user engagement on the Dice.com site. The expected benefits have started to be realized at Dice.com. However, advertising revenue has declined over the past year and there is no improvement expected in the future financial performance of Slashdot Media's underlying advertising business. Therefore, $7.2 million of intangible assets and $6.3 million of goodwill related to Slashdot Media were reduced to zero."
"Slashdot Media was acquired to provide content and services that are important to technology professionals in their everyday work lives and to leverage that reach into the global technology community benefiting user engagement on the Dice.com site. The expected benefits have started to be realized at Dice.com. However, advertising revenue has declined over the past year and there is no improvement expected in the future financial performance of Slashdot Media's underlying advertising business. Therefore, $7.2 million of intangible assets and $6.3 million of goodwill related to Slashdot Media were reduced to zero."
So far, I'm thinking kuro5hin.org is the best hope out there. Most of the other tech news sites just don't have a clue about how to manage comments, a bit like the Slashdot Beta.
I've been reading slashdot since the 90s, but this really is the end. Apart from the godawful beta, we've also had the attempt to convert the stories into slashvertisements en masse, and the Slashdot Polls are really starting to look like Facebook covert demographics research for the Dice marketing dept.
Taco and Hemos were really cool guys, I'm glad they were able to cash in.
I guess Ars is the place to go, even though the comments system is nearly as bad as the Slashdot Beta, at least the stories are fresher.
The beginning of the end was when they launched SlashBI and we all thought it was an April Fools gag.
When we have flaps like this that occur, you know, something will change, and I expect we'll get some sort of announcement that will - that the Europeans can point to as a curtailment and as a change. But as time goes by, flaps blow over, and the permanent interests of ourselves and our allies reassert themselves.
Many ISPs were caught using deep packet inspection services, not to check for viruses or spam, but to identify what their subscribers were looking at online so the information could be sold
Well, that's good to know. I'd hate to think of all those sensitive personal data falling into the hands of some evil corporation that would exploit it to make money with no concern for the privacy of the people involved.
The broadcast radio spectrum is supposed to be a public resource, but Comcast probably see it as just another transport for their proprietary data. Expect the bought-and-paid-for FCC to make another attempt at the broadcast flag or worse in the near future.
But this is the USA. Wouldn't it be possible for the carriers to report when a phone IMEI that is supposed to be locked to a different network shows up on theirs? Heck that could even be made a legal obligation.
Slashdot Mirror
For a start, remove the MOVIN ON UP banner.
Postpone any plan to 'migrate' people to the beta at this time and make it clear that you have.
Go back and at least make sure all the current comments-handling functionality is in place on the new site before even thinking of trying it again. Run a story on the current site about the beta again when you have done that, and see how it's received in the comments [you know - the thing Slashdot excels at] before switching people over to it.
Then again, the above only matters if you're concerned about keeping the current user base. That's open to question.
The actual press release is clear "Slashdot Media was acquired to provide content and services that are important to technology professionals in their everyday work lives and to leverage that reach into the global technology community benefiting user engagement on the Dice.com site. The expected benefits have started to be realized at Dice.com. However, advertising revenue has declined over the past year and there is no improvement expected in the future financial performance of Slashdot Media's underlying advertising business. Therefore, $7.2 million of intangible assets and $6.3 million of goodwill related to Slashdot Media were reduced to zero."
Thanks for re-posting. Funny how when I posted it gradually reaching +5 Informative over an hour, and then suddenly went to 0 Offtopic.
http://www.twst.com/update/388...
"Slashdot Media was acquired to provide content and services that are important to technology professionals in their everyday work lives and to leverage that reach into the global technology community benefiting user engagement on the Dice.com site. The expected benefits have started to be realized at Dice.com. However, advertising revenue has declined over the past year and there is no improvement expected in the future financial performance of Slashdot Media's underlying advertising business. Therefore, $7.2 million of intangible assets and $6.3 million of goodwill related to Slashdot Media were reduced to zero."
So far, I'm thinking kuro5hin.org is the best hope out there. Most of the other tech news sites just don't have a clue about how to manage comments, a bit like the Slashdot Beta.
I've been reading slashdot since the 90s, but this really is the end. Apart from the godawful beta, we've also had the attempt to convert the stories into slashvertisements en masse, and the Slashdot Polls are really starting to look like Facebook covert demographics research for the Dice marketing dept.
Taco and Hemos were really cool guys, I'm glad they were able to cash in.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You can't replace CmdrTaco with someone who has "10+ years experience managing large-scale consumer Web properties"
I have some nostalgia for the old days, before they launched SlashBI and we all thought it was an early April Fools joke. STOP THE BETA
I guess Ars is the place to go, even though the comments system is nearly as bad as the Slashdot Beta, at least the stories are fresher. The beginning of the end was when they launched SlashBI and we all thought it was an April Fools gag.
Reddit isn't going to work. I like Hackaday.. But really, where is the best alternative? Can't use Slashdot much longer with this Beta.
Robert Higgs would even use the F word
Here is the actual article in Nature (because the linked story doesn't actually provide it):
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/483531a.html
When we have flaps like this that occur, you know, something will change, and I expect we'll get some sort of announcement that will - that the Europeans can point to as a curtailment and as a change. But as time goes by, flaps blow over, and the permanent interests of ourselves and our allies reassert themselves.
Paul Pillar, 28-year veteran of the CIA
Well.. I guess they'll get to put the book to good use real soon now..
See this testimony submitted to the Colorado Board of Education by EPIC:
http://epic.org/privacy/student/EPIC-Stmnt-CO-Study-5-13.pdf
Please donate to EPIC.
We'll check you in anyway
They need to make a transparent case version and get Jeri Ryan to model it.
Marissa needs to get one of these for checking up on all those staff that aren't allowed telework.
The 'disable advertising' option appears to no longer be working.
According to a retired deputy in Florida the bag that has been shown at the railing was his, and was gone before the explosion.
Many ISPs were caught using deep packet inspection services, not to check for viruses or spam, but to identify what their subscribers were looking at online so the information could be sold
Citation please? (no really, I'm interested)
Well, that's good to know. I'd hate to think of all those sensitive personal data falling into the hands of some evil corporation that would exploit it to make money with no concern for the privacy of the people involved.
The broadcast radio spectrum is supposed to be a public resource, but Comcast probably see it as just another transport for their proprietary data. Expect the bought-and-paid-for FCC to make another attempt at the broadcast flag or worse in the near future.
but this 'story' still came up. Idle really was the beginning of the end.
But this is the USA. Wouldn't it be possible for the carriers to report when a phone IMEI that is supposed to be locked to a different network shows up on theirs? Heck that could even be made a legal obligation.