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My Slashdot Replacement

I have put slashdot on a LIFE BAN for various reasons, mainly to keep my sanity. This is my replacement: http://www.digg.com/

All the stories geeks love, minus bullshit.

I got kind of tired of slashdot not for the stories but a few reasons:
  • Lack of profressionalism - duplicate stories everyday, same format since 1997, lack of caring by the staff, etc.
  • I always knew the comments were, to quote Linus, a "geek circle jerk" but it seems to be a bit too many college greenhorns and not enough pros. I don't care what johnny college thinks. He's still in  "bootcamp", so why would we care what he thinks we should do to win the war? :P
  • A bit too much MS bashing. I loathe lack of quality as much as the next guy. But "MS == evil" and "Google == greatness" is simply naive. This is coming from a guy that runs linux as his main desktop.


So if I can get the same stories hours earlier then why keep soliciting them and lining their pockets? I don't know, maybe I expect too much from slashdot. But who cares, I found a replacement.



Posted: Nov 11 2005, 10:54 AM by shedao | with 10 comment(s)

Comments

Police said:

What's wrong with slashdot? (Just curious, I think I have the same problem too :)
# November 11, 2005 11:30 AM

tbb said:

/. makes my head want to explode when reading some of the asinine, politically ignorant comments that slashdotters post.

Thanks for the link, I've added it to my morning news links that I read everyday. Now, maybe my blood pressure will come down and I can unwrap all the duck tape around my head so it won't explode
# November 11, 2005 11:31 AM

Bryan said:

I hate to say this, but there's plenty of bullshit on DIGG as well. I'm not defending Slashdot by any stretch of the imagination, but Digg is filling up with Slashdot like trolls FAST.

Bryan
# November 11, 2005 11:42 AM

Ian S said:

Yeah i guess that can't be avoided. Maybe I should just read the stories and leave the comments section behind on all of these sites.
# November 11, 2005 11:43 AM

John Walker said:

Gotta agree that Digg is very cool. I go through its RSS feed daily and some of the stories/links are just plain cool. Plus, the stories on the front page are driven by the users as opposed to /.

I also agree that there is plenty of bullsh*t in the comments for each story too. Same old MS == Evil...Apple-Linux-Google == Greatness. That being said, it's still better than /.
# November 11, 2005 12:23 PM

Tom said:

Thanks for this link!!! Yes... A great idea is to avoid the comments all together! Good point about Joe College... I would love to go toe to toe with one of those id10t's one time... I think that would be a cool gameshow. 10+ years of Fourtune 100 IT expereience vs. 2-3 years of academics... Blah Blah Blah...
# November 11, 2005 2:56 PM

Jason said:

digg is not without it's fair share of n00bs, too. One of the articles was regarding "salaries in technology" and 90% of the replies were to the effect of "I'd take $35k/year to maintain a company's systems! Sure beats working at [fast food restaurant] for $7.45/hour!!! W00t!!!"
# November 13, 2005 5:58 PM

Patrick Marks said:

I am one of the greenhorns, you speak of who knows nothing, but thinks he does. The differnece between me and the average greenhorn? I tend to keep my mouth shut.
# December 3, 2005 9:47 PM

mr obvious said:

do you really!!??
# December 9, 2005 9:37 AM

Jennifer said:

Yeah, it happens sometimes ... Nothing special.

# September 22, 2011 6:43 AM
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