1. To be informed about a wide range of topics and issues that other people have noticed WITHOUT having to google them myself. I do have a life, after all, and far too many "computer-widower" comments flying past my ears as it is.
2. I like the flavour of slashdot, grammatical and other errors included. I make allowance for the different posters, editors and articles rather like the allowances I make for the vast range of users I support.
3. As a support tech I am exposed to an enormous amount of information every day that is correctly spelled and grammatically beyond reproach but is either factually incorrect (e.g. software manuals/specifications and user problem descriptions) or incomprehensible to "normal" humans (e.g. science papers). Slashdot is a relief because it brings me information I WANT in contrast to information I NEED.
4. Recommended by a knowledgeable colleague. Ta, Bryn.
So CmdrTaco and team, thanks for the site.:):):):) You are right, IMHO, grammar and selling are secondary to content.
I have a few, possibly tongue-in-cheek, suggestions:
- Submissions with more than, say, 3 errors are declined - too many errors where X is an automated spelling/grammar checker. (We'll talk about UK vs US spelling somewhere else.) Reduces the editorial workload and gives positive feed back to those whose submissions are poor in the first place. Buck up or shut up.
- Persistent moaners are given unpaid editorial positions since they, in their own opinion, have the required expertise and time. If you ain't part of the
solution, you're part of the problem.
- Up the priority on the project to split the on and off topic threads.
Ka kite from New Zealand (that'll fail the spelling test!)
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1. To be informed about a wide range of topics and issues that other people have noticed WITHOUT having to google them myself. I do have a life, after all, and far too many "computer-widower" comments flying past my ears as it is. 2. I like the flavour of slashdot, grammatical and other errors included. I make allowance for the different posters, editors and articles rather like the allowances I make for the vast range of users I support. 3. As a support tech I am exposed to an enormous amount of information every day that is correctly spelled and grammatically beyond reproach but is either factually incorrect (e.g. software manuals/specifications and user problem descriptions) or incomprehensible to "normal" humans (e.g. science papers). Slashdot is a relief because it brings me information I WANT in contrast to information I NEED. 4. Recommended by a knowledgeable colleague. Ta, Bryn. So CmdrTaco and team, thanks for the site. :) :) :) :) You are right, IMHO, grammar and selling are secondary to content.
I have a few, possibly tongue-in-cheek, suggestions:
- Submissions with more than, say, 3 errors are declined - too many errors where X is an automated spelling/grammar checker. (We'll talk about UK vs US spelling somewhere else.) Reduces the editorial workload and gives positive feed back to those whose submissions are poor in the first place. Buck up or shut up.
- Persistent moaners are given unpaid editorial positions since they, in their own opinion, have the required expertise and time. If you ain't part of the
solution, you're part of the problem.
- Up the priority on the project to split the on and off topic threads.
Ka kite from New Zealand (that'll fail the spelling test!)