User: compass timber

Re:change for the worse?

On: Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions

You seem to be under the impression that slashdot owe *you* something for your contributions.

I don't agree. Slashdot doesn't owe you anything - but you owe the *community* everything. And we all do - because we all get back *more* than we contribute (the lurker more so than the posters of course, but that doesn't change a thing). This is the same effect which the open source community owes its existence, and which has made it a success

Taco, Hemos, et al, are simply the facilitators for this community. And they need to pay for the bandwidth. That's fine with me

*You* are the one missing the point

On: Announcing Slashdot Subscriptions

Yes, all the valuable content are provided by readers and posters of slashdot. But the whole point is that you always get more in return than you contribute. That is the whole logic of /., and that is also the logic behind the success of the open source movement. People contribute for free because they know they will get more in return.

And that /. starts a subscription scheme in order to be able to pay for their bandwidth needs doesn't change anything, IMO.

Slashdot don't owe *you* anything. *You* owe the community everything