I've been following Slashdot since the 90s and it just seems to be evolving into another unfocused blog.
I loved reading Slashdot everyday(mostly!) but it just is not the same anymore.
As a geek I felt I belonged to a site like this and felt very comfortable here. It's also one of the very few sites where I can be arsed actually commenting on anything.
But over the past few weeks the story submissions are becoming less relevant to me now and Slashdot has become a less interest
I too started with Slashdot in the late 90's (closer to early 2000 I suppose).
Life/work got in the way, so I quit following the site. I finally came back about 6 months or so ago, mostly lurking.
Now I get the feeling most of the articles are aimed at getting page views. If it weren't for the comments section, I think I'd be just as well off looking at the stuff from Fast Company.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to clean up the vomit.
This, exactly. I started reading/. in the late 90's as well. It used to carry stories that I really liked to read. Some of the commentary was good (trolls & juveniles excepted). I used to check regularly. To be honest, I stopped trying to submit articles when they were rejected, but were posted when someone else suggested the same article. Some of the commentary was atrocious. I stopped reading for a few years, but later started reading again.
The last year or so, the spirit seems to have gone out of the site. It no longer is "News for nerds, stuff that matters". I get more relevant & interesting tech stories from other outlets. I had started reading them a lot more often than this site. The maturity of comments here seems to have improved, overall, but sadly the content has gone downhill. Seems I'll not be checking here much, if at all anymore. Slashdot is no longer relevant to its audience.
This will go down well...lulz (Score:5, Informative)
Slashdot is a different beast now.
I've been following Slashdot since the 90s and it just seems to be evolving into another unfocused blog.
I loved reading Slashdot everyday(mostly!) but it just is not the same anymore.
As a geek I felt I belonged to a site like this and felt very comfortable here. It's also one of the very few sites where I can be arsed actually commenting on anything.
But over the past few weeks the story submissions are becoming less relevant to me now and Slashdot has become a less interest
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
I too started with Slashdot in the late 90's (closer to early 2000 I suppose).
Life/work got in the way, so I quit following the site. I finally came back about 6 months or so ago, mostly lurking.
Now I get the feeling most of the articles are aimed at getting page views. If it weren't for the comments section, I think I'd be just as well off looking at the stuff from Fast Company.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to clean up the vomit.
Re:This will go down well...lulz (Score:2)
The last year or so, the spirit seems to have gone out of the site. It no longer is "News for nerds, stuff that matters". I get more relevant & interesting tech stories from other outlets. I had started reading them a lot more often than this site. The maturity of comments here seems to have improved, overall, but sadly the content has gone downhill. Seems I'll not be checking here much, if at all anymore. Slashdot is no longer relevant to its audience.