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Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

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Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

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Post by _delirium »

tetrarchy wrote: post #134
hemos wrote: post #90

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What's been interesting to see is the gradual migration back from Digg & Reddit; not so much HN. But the issue tends to happen when sites begin to try and cover "everything" that you end up driving out the original and central audience.

I actually stopped visitng /. for awhile there when I found digg would cover stories almost immediately, only showing up on slashdot a day or two later. But once digg got too popular their promotion system clearly broke down (not to mention the awful awful 'community', and I've been back to /. (and later HN) since

I actually like the slightly slower, curated speed of 10-15 posts a day, spaced out a bit, instead of a constant churn of thousands of things. Although, with HN you can get an algorithmic approximation of that via HN Daily. The main thing that's still missing is the "why you should care" blurb that's Slashdot's signature: not just a link, but a link with something about why it's being linked in the first place. I find titles to be a bit too cryptic for my tastes, and the use of only titles tends to promote linkbait titles.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

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Post by hemos »

nl wrote: post #114
sjs382 wrote: post #6

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God, I miss K5...

What happened to K5? I was one of the "cool kids" who switched from Slashdot to K5 back when it started (back then we had 3 digit K5 id numbers, now we have Klout scores) I stopped visiting it, but I am curious why it seems to have half died, but is still running. What's the story there?

K5 was interesting to me, and I actually was the one who negotiated an ad deal between Andover and Rusty to help him with money for the first couple years. K5 had very much the same feel as Everything2 which was the "other" site to Slashdot that the original krewe did. E2 still has a tight community with numerous marriages, people still talking. I think the problem with K5 is that become too self-referential, and ultimately people lost interest. That was the same thing with E2 -- while people for a time loved being part of the community at some point you have to start to do other things in life and the time commitment drops away.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

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Post by hemos »

nl wrote: post #114
sjs382 wrote: post #6

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God, I miss K5...

What happened to K5? I was one of the "cool kids" who switched from Slashdot to K5 back when it started (back then we had 3 digit K5 id numbers, now we have Klout scores) I stopped visiting it, but I am curious why it seems to have half died, but is still running. What's the story there?

K5 was interesting to me, and I actually was the one who negotiated an ad deal between Andover and Rusty to help him with money for the first couple years. K5 had very much the same feel as Everything2 which was the "other" site to Slashdot that the original krewe did. E2 still has a tight community with numerous marriages, people still talking. I think the problem with K5 is that become too self-referential, and ultimately people lost interest. That was the same thing with E2 -- while people for a time loved being part of the community at some point you have to start to do other things in life and the time commitment drops away.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

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Post by bh42222 »

neurotech1 wrote: post #99
blhack wrote: post #92

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Interestingly, it's those changes that eventually drove me away. It's a really dumb thing, but being able to type: http://slashdot.org/~blhack and see how my comments were doing karma wise was really important to me. For a young, budding geek, the karma was valuable feedback on how well I was contributing. A tiny change to http://slashdot.org/~blhack/comments was just...annoying. Typing that first URL was something t…

Actually it was Hacker News that directed me away from /.

pg's essay on Slashdot -> reddit -> Hacker News.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

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Post by SwellJoe »

pixelcloud wrote: post #112
matthavener wrote: post #35

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One of my favorite memories from /. was refreshing to see a new version of the kernel was available. You'd spend a few hours downloading it, compiling, and reboot. Usually there were no new features you wanted, no bugs fixed, just the idea of being on the bleeding edge was "cool" enough.

Now everyone uses macbooks... Oh how the times have changed.

I'd wager that more nerds run Linux on the desktop (or laptop) now than they did back when Slashdot was getting started. The biggest loser of developer mindshare in the years since has been Windows.

But, no one (in their right mind) is using Mac OS on the server, and any developer with a successful website has a lot more servers than they have laptops or desktops, so I reckon they're more of a "Linux user" than a "Mac user".

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Post by mindcrime »

trafficlight wrote: post #106
mindcrime wrote: post #102

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Sometimes, while on HN, I miss the playfulness that made /. a true joy in the past. I do as well, but I also keep reminding myself "This is Hacker News, not Slashdot." And so I down-vote people who post memes and the typical /. off-topic crap. I just always take comfort in knowing that, when I want that stuff, Slashdot is still around.

I get my meme fix on Reddit these days.

Interestingly enough, I rarely find much in the way of memes on Reddit. But I think it's because I almost never visit the front-page or any of the popular sub-reddits. I stick to a lot of very niche / specialized sub-reddits like /r/machine_learning and /r/semanticweb and /r/csbooks, etc.

Re: Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot

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Post by sunchild »

mbreese wrote: post #71
sunchild wrote: post #67

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I enjoy the idea that this account wreaks havoc on nyt.com's internal metrics.

And that they certainly know about it, and still let it go on... you have to think that they are in on the joke.

Or, possibly not. Either way, it's a minor victory on all sides!
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