./ does the Reuters article... :(

From: J.C.Wren <jcwren_at_jcwren.com>
Date: Sun Jan 5 21:31:01 2003

        Actually, SlashDot is populated by a humongous number of people, many whom
are intelligent, educated, and erudite. These, however, are not the typical
*posters*. SlashDot attracts an active troll population because of the
exposure. I typically read at +5, maybe dropping down to +4 if there aren't
many replys, or +3 if I have moderator points (which I rarely use).

        Judging SlashDot purely by the posts is like judging all of humanity by the
Jerry Springer audience.

        --jcwren


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]On
> Behalf Of Tothwolf
> Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 22:21
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: ./ does the Reuters article... :(
>
>
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Jeffrey H. Ingber wrote:
>
> > This is SOP for Slashdot. If you think the news snippet is
> a slam, wait
> > until you read the feedback. You will not find a single positive,
> > constructive comment.
>
> It seems to me this has more to do with the moderators than
> the posters. I
> actually did find some positive and constructive comments,
> but I had to
> dig for them.
>
> I'd imagine that Slashdot in general is mostly going to be
> read by folks
> with little or no interest in older technology (newer is
> *always* better
> right??), so I'm not at all surprised by the overall
> feedback. It could
> also be that some posters don't want to risk being
> embarrassed in public
> by talking about their favorite old computer ;)
>
> Yet another likely reason for the lack of supportive comments
> is that many
> of the potential posters (and moderators) are not very
> familiar with the
> systems that are frequently discussed on classiccmp. Heck, one poster
> seems to think that magnetic core memory isn't going to
> function due to
> its age.
>
> -Toth
>
Received on Sun Jan 05 2003 - 21:31:01 GMT

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