Captain Splendid's Journal: Achievements

Skipped April Fool's on slashdot this year, but caught wind of this achievements thing. Personally, I like it. It's cute and stupid in a good way IMO. A couple observations:

• As with most slashdot cruft, it doesn't work properly, as there's plenty missing or with the wrong stats.
• Interestingly enough, this may be the first time management has announced a new feature and actually admitted they're going to keep how it works as opaque as possible.

Yes, it's fun...

[jawtheshark]

I still wonder what "The Maker" means, and I've been trying to become a "Contradictor", but somehow I don't manage.... I tagged some stories with ! by now... At least where I thought appropriate.

Alas, I will never have any of the "exclusive club" achievments *sniff*

The Maker - I is one

[tqft]

Before I lose the link - the closest I got to a hint about The Maker

http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1182407&threshold=1&commentsort=0&mode=thread&cid=27418681 [slashdot.org]

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I think it may be from having a submitted article posted.

Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? by DanZ23 (Score:1)
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Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? (Score:1)
by ScuttleMonkey (55) * Alter Relationship on 12:50 PM April 1st, 2009 (#27419847) Homepage
This is remarkably close...but I wont spoil the joy of discovery. :P

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[jawtheshark]

Yes, I read that comment. We'll eventually find out, I presume.