What Your Favorite Web Sites Say About You 163
Jimmy writes to tell us that CNET is running an article on what your favorite Web sites say about you. One example takes a look at the possible origins of Facebook readers; "The typical Facebookers are what you'd get if YouTube and Flickr went halves on a baby. Yes, the site was created to help university students connect and have a good time, but connecting and having a good time generally involves unruly, drunken behavior, which is inevitably caught on film and posted for your entire friends list to see.'" The article also takes a look at eBay, Flickr, Slashdot, and several others.
My favorite site (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:3, Funny)
you think the mods made it to the
They bismirch /. Gasp!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Scotty load the missles.
Aye Sir, fully loaded with 25 Gigatons of sarcasm
Add pedantry
Yes sir, 45 Teratons of pedantry added
And some anonymity too
Aye Sir, anothe 12457 Teratons of anonymity added
Fire at the abominable site
10 pages of advertisements? (Score:5, Funny)
no printer friendly page link, check
no interest in reading this article, check.
No thanks slashdot. Next?
IP Violation (Score:5, Funny)
Wow! (Score:5, Funny)
A list of what I like says something about me.
Truly, is there no bounds to what science can reveal?
I am well and truly stunned.
INSULTING PICTURE (Score:4, Funny)
How the fuck would they know? Aren't we all buff über mensch!?
All of the above. (Score:4, Funny)
And finally, CNET readers: (Score:3, Funny)
and almost NSFW! [cnet.co.uk]
Missing entry: 4chan.org (Score:5, Funny)
4chan.org ... 'Linguini' being a street term for crack cocaine.
What's the story?
4chan.org is an increasingly popular hangout for those who call themselves 'Anonymous'. It breeds misfits, criminals, and The Internet Hate Machine, which is a term that is used to describe the collective processing power of the thousands of hackers on steroids who frequent the site.
Did you know?
Disturbingly, 4chan.org is the source of almost every popular internet 'meme' that has surfaced since 2004 or so.
What 4chan.org says about you
If your favorite site is 4chan.org, you're a terrorist who likes to blow up vans, and should be locked away for a very, very long time. You also like to say 'LULZ' a lot, which is a diabolical corruption of 'LOL', which means 'Let's Order Linguini'
My sites says... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:INSULTING PICTURE (Score:3, Funny)
On the Internet, no one knows you're a god.
Re:Wow! (Score:4, Funny)
Not very accurate either (Score:3, Funny)
I think I am probably also pretty indicative Slashdotters. I think that the slashdot comment system is a pretty good way to hold authors accountable for what they write, and anonymity is no shield since the moderation system is pretty good at filtering bullshitters out (although not perfect).
It sounds to me like this author is your typical tech journalist who graduated with a C average from some no-name school, has brought the same mediocre performance to his job, and has been called for it on slashdot. Now, he's bitter.
Re:All of the above. (Score:5, Funny)
There's a site for those. It's called "digg".
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:5, Funny)
1.) Post a question that is answered in the summary (or better yet, the title).
2.) Use a Slashdot meme in an unfunny way.
3.) Be kdawson.
4.) Post obvious karma whores, such as "text of article in case of Slashdotting".
5.) Write your comments in list form.
Begin Infinite Recursion (Score:5, Funny)
That's a stereotypical response.
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:2, Funny)
What your grammar says about you: (Score:1, Funny)
Listen, if you want to be "cool", don't make up slang! (In this case, for "...if YouTube and Flickr had a baby together".)
This goes for every subject! Don't ever make slang up! Ever. No matter how appropriate you think it is, just don't do it. Some examples:
Retro
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:5, Funny)
I use my +3 shield of suspicion and +2 helm of sarcasm to counter that.
Re:INSULTING PICTURE (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:2, Funny)
7.) Profit!
What?! When did they start talking?? Oh God...... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Begin Infinite Recursion (Score:4, Funny)
That's a stereotypical response.
Yeah, yeah...your type always says that.
Re:Not very accurate either (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:2, Funny)
As far as #2 and #5 are concerned, in Soviet Slashdotistan, lists write you!
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:So.... (Score:4, Funny)
I'm disgusted!! Don't they know the difference between a cup and a tumbler?!?
Re:Begin Infinite Recursion (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not very interesting.... (Score:3, Funny)
The average male Slashdot user probably looks a lot like our model -- but has more acne and bigger glasses. Users are 23 years old but look twice their age and steadfastly refuse to accept the fact that Windows is actually not a bad operating system.
Hrm.. looks down... yep definately breasts... and not man-breasts either...
Looks at nick and sig file... they got it part right about the Windoze reference...
Re:Slashdot is more diverse (Score:3, Funny)