Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal 854
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.
Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
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)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:3, Funny)
2 bits = 25 cents
4 bits = 50 cents
8 bits = byte
4 bits = nibble
Therefore:
50 Cent = Nibble
I think everyone should refer to the rapper 50 Cent as "Nibble" from now on.
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Oh yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
(...It's still March 31st here, gimme a break...)
au contraire! (Score:5, Informative)
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)
Re:au contraire! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Aprli 1st? Slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:3, Informative)
TIme Zone (Re:Never mind) (Score:3, Funny)
It depends on your time zone. April Fools is almost over in Australia. (Do you guys celebrate AFD down in Australia?)
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:3, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Never mind (Score:3, Insightful)
Keep it as an option for us weirdos, perhaps?
OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
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)
I am so there.
Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
I know what I'm gonna do! (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:OMG! (Score:5, Insightful)
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:3, Insightful)
Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
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?
Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
"See anything wrong with this story" (Score:3, Funny)
HELL, YEAH, but only briefly before I scraped my eyes out of my skull with my fingernails.
Simon
Where's the pr0n? (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Where's the pr0n? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Where's the pr0n? (Score:5, Funny)
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.
First post! (Score:3, Funny)
April Fools (Score:3, Funny)
Haha.
Now PUT IT BACK.
My eyes are bleeding already...
Unbearable and almost unreadable.
Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hmm (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
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)
Great. (Score:3, Funny)
Slashdot Panties WTF (Score:3, Funny)
I say... (Score:5, Funny)
-Rick
Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm trying, I'm trying!
Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)
We should be so lucky!
Re:I say... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)
zOMG I 3 the new design LOL (Score:3, Funny)
Pink is like, the new, uh, pink!
I 3 pink!
Now, where are these ponies!!! Give me ponies. Now.
Huzzah! (Score:5, Funny)
Pink and Green???? (Score:3, Funny)
WFT are you guys talking about? (Score:5, Funny)
I believe Ambassador Kosh said it best... (Score:3, Funny)
Also
"The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote."
Re:I believe Ambassador Kosh said it best... (Score:4, Funny)
"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)
I'm just waiting (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I'm just waiting (Score:3, Funny)
Ph33r.
What in world is this! (Score:3, Funny)
It hurts.
HOLY CRAP!! I LOVE PONIES!!! (Score:4, Funny)
Watch out! (Score:5, Funny)
This is a surprising change (Score:4, Interesting)
Wow (Score:4, Funny)
The law of unintended consequences. (Score:5, Funny)
So...
ASL?
I for one, salute our new female ... umm ... (Score:5, Funny)
No, it's ok, I think I'll remain seated if you don't mind, ma'am.
My wife reaction is NOT positive... (Score:5, Funny)
So, I think you should add a couple of unicorns. Mad science! Robots! Underwear! Cute girls! Full comic online! http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ [girlgeniusonline.com]
My wife is NOT positive... (Score:5, Funny)
*ducks*
This will teach you to complain! (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:This will teach you to complain! (Score:5, Funny)
If somebody becomes a fulltime troll, their stylesheet is permanently locked to "omg ponies".
This is no joking matter (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This is no joking matter (Score:3, Insightful)
This may be a good thing (Score:5, Funny)
Slashdot Mountain? (Score:5, Funny)
"I wish I knew how to quit you!"
Re:Slashdot Mountain? (Score:5, Informative)
C-x C-c
or :wq! if you prefer
Re:Slashdot Mountain? (Score:3, Funny)
You bastards! (Score:4, Funny)
So, what changed other than the logo? (Score:5, Funny)
But, I turned it all back on, and
<SQUEAL> OMG I LUV IT! </SQUEAL>
I'm telling all my girlfriends to do their site just like this. It is so t3h cuteness!
XOXOXOXOXO
Friends 4-Ever!
It's soooo special, I almost cried.
Actually, I am crying.
And a little nauseous.
I admit.... (Score:4, Insightful)
probably the funniest april fools prank they've pulled IMHO.
Of course, I think i need my brain scrubbed after seeing
this new style.. the pain! the pain!
Web Developer plugin kicks ass! Just turn off fool (Score:5, Insightful)
First viewed from wife's account (Score:5, Funny)
I just happened to sit down at my wife's computer and check Slashdot. The wife just recently got her own account (yes, I am lucky) ... and when I saw this I freaked! Simultaneously thought "cool, there's some kind of customizing," and "what in the world prompted her to spend the time to do this ... and ... hey ... she wouldn't say "ponies" ... what gives?"
So this is why they finally switched to CSS (Score:5, Funny)
As a female, my opinion is... (Score:4, Funny)
Prediction (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Dupe (Score:3, 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:3, Funny)
Re:Dupe (Score:5, Insightful)
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)
Re:Dupe (Score:3)
Stecker-board: SH DO TX
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Re:Dupe (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously though, thanks for saving me from using my brain on Friday, much appreciated!
Re:Dupe (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Sir, I believe you have made a mistake (Score:5, Funny)
All hail mother England!
Re:Sir, I believe you have made a mistake (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Like OMG! Linus Torvalds is SO Hot! (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:I've just been called a fag for refreshing /. (Score:4, Informative)
The proper response to that would have been to give her the one-finger salute without you even looking away from your screen.
And just off the record...
I for one welcome our magical little equine overladies from Dream Valley.