Do you still read Slashdot? • Hacker News Board

Re: Do you still read Slashdot?

#31

Post by cdr » Mon, Sep 03, 2007, 12:59 AM UTC

About the only time I read it anymore is when something else links to a post there.

The editors are Slashdot's twist on tech news, but the editors are almost uniformly awful. The stories they break are consistently days behind Digg/Reddit, and of no better quality.

Re: Do you still read Slashdot?

#32

Post by 0123456789 » Mon, Sep 03, 2007, 2:30 AM UTC

Once a day for the headlines and insightful or interesting comments.

Re: Do you still read Slashdot?

#33

Post by 0123456789 » Mon, Sep 03, 2007, 2:43 AM UTC

sandoh wrote: post #9

I also used to read it a couple times a day. Now I scan it maybe once in a while. They don't break any stories to me anymore, it is always a delayed link to something I already read in reddit / digg yc.

> "They don't break any stories to me anymore"

Care to explain why breaking news stories are relevant at all? I don't see their point.

Re: Do you still read Slashdot?

#34

Post by Kaizyn » Mon, Sep 03, 2007, 4:19 AM UTC

Slashdot is useful in that it aggregates content differently than do reddit/digg. As such, you find stories there selected by the editors that the rabid mob at reddit would otherwise ignore. Also, because the comments are moderated and scored, I find them to be fairly useful when viewed at a high enough filtering threshold.

Re: Do you still read Slashdot?

#35

Post by nrohan » Mon, Sep 03, 2007, 9:59 AM UTC

Once in 1 or 2 days to check if there is anything interesting. No regrets if I'm not able to visit!