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Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal
Posted by
CmdrTaco
on Fri Mar 31, '06 08:24 PM
from the omg-i-heart-ponies-lol dept.
from the omg-i-heart-ponies-lol dept.
Our marketing department has done extensive research over
the last 3 quarters and discovered that our audience is strangely disproportionately
skewed towards males. Like, 98.3% males to be precise. To correct this
oversight, we have decided to subtly tweak Slashdot's design and content
to widen our appeal to these less active demographics. Don't worry! We'll still
continue to serve our core audience, but we hope you'll work with us as
we try to find a balance that will work for all.
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Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(Last Journal: Saturday January 15, @08:43PM)
Re:TIme Zone (Re:Never mind)
(Score:4, Funny)No. The current gov't outlawed it last year as part of the anti-terror legislation.
But don't worry - you yanks are going to have it outlawed too, thanks to the FTA
Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(http://geocities.com/clive_1948/)
Been on
Gawd, guys
my two bits
Re:Never mind
(Score:4, Funny)Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.bnac.biz/)
Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.karmadillo.net/)
Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(http://slashdot.org/~TopShelf/journal | Last Journal: Monday June 26, @10:35AM)
Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(http://slashdot.org/)
Re:Aprli 1st? Slashdot?
(Score:5, Funny)(http://sdk-1600.spatula-city.org/ | Last Journal: Wednesday December 11, @11:16AM)
au contraire!
(Score:5, Informative)(Last Journal: Thursday November 03, @09:42PM)
Oh, you silly North American-centric person . . . yeah, okay, I was a bit confused for a second myself, but just think in GMT/UCT and everything makes sense.
Re:au contraire!
(Score:5, Insightful)(http://www.metatrontech.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday May 24, @04:44PM)
Re:au contraire!
(Score:5, Funny)Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.doubledoh.com/)
Oh yeah?
(Score:5, Funny)(http://whitehouse.com/)
Re:Never mind
(Score:5, Funny)(...It's still March 31st here, gimme a break...)
Re:Dupe
(Score:5, Insightful)Re:Dupe
(Score:5, Interesting)Try date -u and you will see that it is in fact April Fool's Day.
Note that April Fool's Day, as defined by the International April Pranksters Association, goes by UTC, not by local time zones. Because IAPA is not widely recognized as an international standards body and many people's problems to understand time zones, this has led to some problems since its introduction in 2002. It is especially uncertain for regional publications, which are reluctant to adopt the new standard because they fear to irritate their audience.
One example is the Hubsborough Gazette, which famously spread confusion on the evening of March 31st, 2004 (EST) when an article claiming that aliens have attacked the Whitehouse appeared on their website. Despite the seemingly obvious nature of the hoax, many believed it and called the authorities or local clergery for guidance. One family even is reported to have spent two weeks in their backyard bunker. Since then, the editor has announced that they will only publish April Fool's articles during the hours when April 1st of their local time zone and UTC overlap, and take down articles afterwards. Many publications have followed their example in the following years.
Slashdot, which serves an international audience, of course sticks to the IAPA standard -- maybe in a (presumably failed) attempt to beat Digg at least once a year.
Re:Dupe
(Score:5, Insightful)(http://gmail.com/)
Except for, possibly, mine. I wonder if this counts as "insightful".... oh well, fuck it.
I'm a pretty purple pony, flippity-flop, flippity-flop, such a pretty pony, flippity-flop, flippity-flop. I like to have my hair brushed, flippity-flop, flippity-flop...
Re:Dupe
(Score:5, Funny)(its a silly thread, lame old jokes are allowed)
OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.snowplow.org/tom/)
You guys are totally invited to my sleepover.
We're gonna talk about servers, and soldering irons, and building your own computer, and cameraphones, and open source software, and
OH! oh oh oh!
I heard that Linus and Richard might try to sneak in! They're sooooo cute! *SQueaL!*
*giggle*
Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)Oh, but Mitnick has that adorable bad boy thing going on!
Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)(http://eviltabbycat.livejournal.com/)
I am so there.
Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)(http://xenu.net/ | Last Journal: Saturday April 01, @11:33PM)
I know what I'm gonna do!
(Score:4, Interesting)(http://www.sara-stewart.com/ | Last Journal: Saturday May 27, @04:52AM)
Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Insightful)(Last Journal: Sunday August 28, @12:34PM)
Have you seen "Richard"? [google.com]
Don't get me wrong, we owe RMS for the GPL and more, but you have to admit, he looks Jerry Garcia after an all nighter.
Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.empower.com/ | Last Journal: Tuesday May 16, @08:58PM)
We'd all sit around the fire-wire.
Toasting Motherboards.
Telling end-user support stories.
Very scary...but a great way to network.
Re:OMG!
(Score:5, Funny)Sleepover? What's that? Is it a Beowulf cluster of women?
Where's the pr0n?
(Score:5, Insightful)(http://www.howtobeinvisible.com/ | Last Journal: Thursday April 06, @04:49PM)
Re:Where's the pr0n?
(Score:5, Funny)(Last Journal: Sunday August 28, @12:34PM)
You just switch tabs right quick, so she sees you are looking at Slashdot, which guarantees she will not have any interest in looking at the computer screen any futher. She won't even notice the other tab with the "Want to play tonight?" title.
Unless of course Slashdot has a pink ponies theme, which will actual pique her interest. Bastards.
Hmm
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.shawnparr.com/ | Last Journal: Tuesday July 19, @01:56PM)
Re:Hmm
(Score:5, Funny)(Last Journal: Monday March 31, @02:23AM)
But we need more than just a color scheme to get in touch with our femine side - I suggest new mod options.
"+1 Hug!"
"+1 You GO, Girl!"
"+1 Uh huh, I know what you're going through"
"+1 Oh, really like that shirt, where did you get it?"
"+1 My boyfriend does that too! Men are such pigs!"
"-1 Talk to the mod, the user ain't listening"
"-1 WhatEVER!"
"-1 Oh sorry, I have to go paint my nails now"
OMG!!! Pink!!!
(Score:5, Interesting)I say...
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.ringdev.com/ | Last Journal: Monday February 13, @12:52PM)
-Rick
Re:I say...
(Score:5, Funny)(http://forums.boiledfrog.us/ | Last Journal: Friday February 21, @02:08PM)
I'm trying, I'm trying!
Re:I say...
(Score:5, Funny)We should be so lucky!
Re:I say...
(Score:4, Funny)(http://www.edgeio.com/ | Last Journal: Wednesday March 09, @11:42AM)
Re:I say...
(Score:5, Funny)Re:Sir, I believe you have made a mistake
(Score:5, Funny)(http://www.foobarsoft.com/)
All hail mother England!
Re:Sir, I believe you have made a mistake
(Score:4, Informative)(http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/)
Huzzah!
(Score:5, Funny)WFT are you guys talking about?
(Score:5, Funny)Re:I believe Ambassador Kosh said it best...
(Score:4, Funny)(http://www.unspace.net/ | Last Journal: Thursday August 05, @11:54AM)
"Aaaaaacccccccccckkkkk...."
Or quite possibly, Garibaldi, Sinclair, Sheridan, Delenn, Ivanova, Marcus, Dr. Franklin, Zack, Londo, Vir, Lennier, G'kar, Lochley, Lyta, Talia, Na'toth, Senator Hidoshi, Lorien, Zathrus, Corwin...pretty much everyone but Morden, and I bet even Morden said it of camera after he got all scabby:
"It's going straight to hell!"
ah well
(Score:5, Funny)(http://onphilosophy.wordpress.com/)
I'm just waiting
(Score:5, Funny)HOLY CRAP!! I LOVE PONIES!!!
(Score:4, Funny)Watch out!
(Score:5, Funny)(http://whitehouse.com/)