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True meaning of Slashdot

Slashdot or /. is a popular tecnhology/open source/geek website. It’s also one of the rare web-site’s that has been around for long enough that I can actually say that I grew up with it.

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To casual observer it might seem that it’s just pieces of random stories that are badly written, often with extreme pro-linux bias and no serious editorial policy. To which long time users would reply: that’s all true, but that’s not the point of /.

Recently, I’ve found this gem as a comment to a random story that perfectly expresses the true nature of /.

You’ve never really slashdotted until you’ve dived head first into the 5th page of comments on a story whose title you read only half of, and the subject of which does not interest you in the least. Then you will find, as your tired eyes browse, in a lively offtopic thread, surrounded by song and laughter, words to tickle your mind and taunt your intellect. And you will post. And you will say: I have been on slashdot today.

So, where did you get your geek card?
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2 responses to “True meaning of Slashdot”

  2. To casual observer it might seem that it’s just pieces of random stories that are badly written, often with extreme pro-linux bias and no serious editorial policy. To which long time users would reply: that’s all true, but that’s not the point of /.

    But yes, that is exactly the point of slashdot!

    Where else can I blast like-minded anti-social geeks because they don't conform to my ideal standard of geekdom (namely myself) due to them not agreeing that the tool I use to enter arbitrary text is a manna-giving gift from God that angels sing for every time I hit a key and the tool they use isn't worth the magnetic fluctuations on their oldest harddrive platter?

    I'm naturally talking about GNU Emacs vs Xemacs. Now get off my lawn!

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