Seriously, everyone needs a shot of Bailey's (or if you're like me, Amaretto) in their coffee. First off, Slashdot is (part of) a business - they're here to make money. They're showing you a new offering they have in case you are interested. Accept it, move on. Secondly, NOBODY is forcing you to read SlashBI. If it's not a story which interests you, DON'T READ IT.
The hate is here because this is insulting. We're not hear to get sold products, for the same reason many of us don't window shop at Best Buy or Radio Shack- the sales staff will push a phone plan or the most expensive, unnecessary tech crap. I don't read most of the articles posted, anyways, because the comments seem to have more content about the subject. Just like this one- I can read the headline and summary, and by reading the comments I now know not to follow the link. If I have to get hammered in order to stomach a site full of crap, I would find something better to do (like get hammered and browse more entertaining sites).
The concept of a "nerd" is going away- now, people who are "good at computers" get the title. They don't hack and tinker in life. This BI crap is the same- it's for people who went to business school and are "good with computers", and ended up a suit somewhere. SlashBI is not for nerds. Its for the bosses of nerds. For those of us who stay true to our roots, and do things, don't need SlashBI. "Geeknet" is failing at this/. thing.
The hate comes from the people running/. not bothering to fix the numerous issues with/. while creating and pushing this trash that has absolutely nothing to do with/.'s demographic
I've seen this sort of thing happening before, on airliners.net. The owner sold the whole thing to Demand Media and dropped off the face of the earth. "We love aviation, here's a few token videos"... and a totally horked migration, and when they should have been fixing that they instead found time to slip IntelliTXT ads into the forums. The community's shot, the real experts have moved on leaving 13-year-old airline pilots and CEOs behind. I left and helped set up an alternative.
If I wanted information about how to run a big business, I'd go to a source of information specializing in that. Or take various courses dedicated to that.
As it stands on Slashdot, they're ignoring all of the problems that EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN PERSON shouts (with the exception of you it seems) every single time something comes up asking if we like something new and shiny, proceed to push through the shit that EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN PERSON says is stupid and doesn't belong here, and continues to blatantly ign
Why the Hate? (Score:3)
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Well, that's your first problem. If you had said "Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster", I would think you might understand.
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Ah, a man of taste and careful consideration!
Which just makes me wonder why you're here :)
Re:Why the Hate? (Score:4, Insightful)
The hate is here because this is insulting. We're not hear to get sold products, for the same reason many of us don't window shop at Best Buy or Radio Shack- the sales staff will push a phone plan or the most expensive, unnecessary tech crap. I don't read most of the articles posted, anyways, because the comments seem to have more content about the subject. Just like this one- I can read the headline and summary, and by reading the comments I now know not to follow the link. If I have to get hammered in order to stomach a site full of crap, I would find something better to do (like get hammered and browse more entertaining sites).
The concept of a "nerd" is going away- now, people who are "good at computers" get the title. They don't hack and tinker in life. This BI crap is the same- it's for people who went to business school and are "good with computers", and ended up a suit somewhere. SlashBI is not for nerds. Its for the bosses of nerds. For those of us who stay true to our roots, and do things, don't need SlashBI. "Geeknet" is failing at this /. thing.
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The hate comes from the people running /. not bothering to fix the numerous issues with /. while creating and pushing this trash that has absolutely nothing to do with /.'s demographic
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The problem isn't SlashBI. The problem is why SlashBI exists.
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It's not really hate, people just don't understand that samzenpus is having a laugh at their expense is all.
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I've seen this sort of thing happening before, on airliners.net. The owner sold the whole thing to Demand Media and dropped off the face of the earth. "We love aviation, here's a few token videos"... and a totally horked migration, and when they should have been fixing that they instead found time to slip IntelliTXT ads into the forums. The community's shot, the real experts have moved on leaving 13-year-old airline pilots and CEOs behind. I left and helped set up an alternative.
I really don't want Slashdot
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If I wanted information about how to run a big business, I'd go to a source of information specializing in that. Or take various courses dedicated to that.
As it stands on Slashdot, they're ignoring all of the problems that EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN PERSON shouts (with the exception of you it seems) every single time something comes up asking if we like something new and shiny, proceed to push through the shit that EVERY SINGLE GODDAMN PERSON says is stupid and doesn't belong here, and continues to blatantly ign
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Seriously, everyone needs a shot of Bailey's (or if you're like me, Amaretto) in their coffee.
Now I understand why everyone on slashdot seems to drink so much coffee and why they're so cranky if they haven't had enough.