Submission + - GNAA Website is Still Better than Slashdot Beta 1
An anonymous reader writes: The Gay Nigger Association of America website is currently down, but greets Gay Niggers with a friendly paint program. Try for yourself!
Submission + - Can I buy the Classic interface? 3
Max Hyre writes: LWN almost went under a number
of years ago because its volunteer editors couldn't afford
to keep it up.
The readers rose up and insisted that they be
allowed to pay for it.
Can we do the same for Classic?
I'm a nerd. I read. I'm the one in the museum ignoring the display and reading the description. I want text, easily accessible, clearly laid out, and plenty of it. I'll pay to keep the UI I know and love.
The Beta has none of those characteristics. The Beta site is repellent, unusable, and unneeded. I won't use it, and if ``Classic'' goes away, I won't visit /.,
and it'll be a pity.
How much do you actually receive in revenue for each user? I suspect I'll match it to keep the status quo. Ask us what it's worth to us. I'd certainly pay $1/month, and would think about $5/month. I bet that I'm not alone.
Can we do the same for Classic?
I'm a nerd. I read. I'm the one in the museum ignoring the display and reading the description. I want text, easily accessible, clearly laid out, and plenty of it. I'll pay to keep the UI I know and love.
The Beta has none of those characteristics. The Beta site is repellent, unusable, and unneeded. I won't use it, and if ``Classic'' goes away, I won't visit
How much do you actually receive in revenue for each user? I suspect I'll match it to keep the status quo. Ask us what it's worth to us. I'd certainly pay $1/month, and would think about $5/month. I bet that I'm not alone.
Submission + - Owner: Vote, your choice: Get rid of Slashdot:Beta OR everyone goes elsewhere (slashdot.org) 1
Ying Hu writes: Slashdot Beta is not Slashdot: http://slashdot.org/journal/63...
What was loved about Slashdot does not appear in the new design — those creating the latter, please fire yourself and go work for a commercial consumer site (which we never read, and never will). OUR site should work without JavaScript, and JavaScript that IS used should to do something actually desired by a reader or commenter, not waste our bandwidth and CPU, and electricity, sending CRAP onto our computers. Improvements/ plugins, http://userstyles.org/styles/9..., won't be enough.
What was loved about Slashdot does not appear in the new design — those creating the latter, please fire yourself and go work for a commercial consumer site (which we never read, and never will). OUR site should work without JavaScript, and JavaScript that IS used should to do something actually desired by a reader or commenter, not waste our bandwidth and CPU, and electricity, sending CRAP onto our computers. Improvements/ plugins, http://userstyles.org/styles/9..., won't be enough.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Opinion of slashdot beta? 9
An anonymous reader writes: What are your thoughts about slashdot beta? Post your complaints here so that I don't have to see them elsewhere. Additionally, if the beta is so bad that you don't want to stay, what other news website do you recommend?
Submission + - Beta Is Turned On By Rejection (billanddavescocktailhour.com) 1
LordFlower writes: Take this lesson from rejection
Submission + - Once Slashdot beta has been foisted upon me, what site should I use instead? 2
somenickname writes: As a long time Slashdot reader, I'm wondering what website to transition to once the beta goes live. The new beta interface seems very well suited to tablets/phones but, it ignores the fact that the user base is, as one would expect, nerds sitting in front of very large LCD monitors and wasting their employers time. It's entirely possible that the browser ID information gathered by the site has indicated that they get far more hits on mobile devices where the new interface is reasonable but, I feel that no one has analyzed the browser ID (and screen resolution) against comments modded +5. I think you will find that most +5 comments are coming from devices (real fucking computers) that the new interface does not support well. Without an interface that invites the kind of users that post +5 comments, Slashdot is just a ho-hum news aggregation site that allows comments. So, my question is, once the beta is the default, where should Slashdot users go to?
Submission + - Slashdot beta sucks 9
An anonymous reader writes: Maybe some of the slashdot team should start listening to its users, most of which hate the new user interface. Thanks for ruining something that wasn't broken.
Submission + - Once Slashdot beta has been foisted on me, what site should I use? 3
buswolley writes: Just asking. Because we do not want the Beta site.
Submission + - The nmber of users that SLASHDOT will lose with new interface? (slashdot.org) 3
jackb_guppy writes: SLASHDOT today started to push users from the old interface to the ugly, slow, new interface. Any guess on the number of users that will be leaving SLASHDOT. So much for market share.
Submission + - social networking, the dark Knight massacre, and the missing Facebook (cbsnews.com)
An anonymous reader writes: It appears that social media such as Facebook had an unprecedented role in the Dark Knight massacre and the way society dealt with the aftermath. The event unfolded in real time on social media before it did so in traditional news outlets, who were left scrambling to keep up. The first public information about the victims was taken from their Facebook pages, and Facebook has been central to the grieving process.
Perhaps more worryingly, CBS news reports on the Mystery of the accused shooter's missing Facebook. James Holmes was an "online ghost" with no apparent Facebook or other social media presence. "It's certainly unusual. Data suggests that 95 to 98 percent of people Holmes' age are on social media," Dr. Megan A. Moreno, of University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, told CBS News. As for that other 5- to 2 percent, Moreno, who has no connection to the case, highlighted a link between extreme Internet use — or lack of use — and depression."
Immediately after the event, the Red Cross recommended that survivors update their Facebook status to let friends and family know they were safe. Are we reaching a point where atypical patterns of internet use such as the lack of a Facebook presence will be used as one possible predictor of people who are isolated from normal social functions and may be at risk for causing harm to themselves or others?
Perhaps more worryingly, CBS news reports on the Mystery of the accused shooter's missing Facebook. James Holmes was an "online ghost" with no apparent Facebook or other social media presence. "It's certainly unusual. Data suggests that 95 to 98 percent of people Holmes' age are on social media," Dr. Megan A. Moreno, of University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, told CBS News. As for that other 5- to 2 percent, Moreno, who has no connection to the case, highlighted a link between extreme Internet use — or lack of use — and depression."
Immediately after the event, the Red Cross recommended that survivors update their Facebook status to let friends and family know they were safe. Are we reaching a point where atypical patterns of internet use such as the lack of a Facebook presence will be used as one possible predictor of people who are isolated from normal social functions and may be at risk for causing harm to themselves or others?
Submission + - The Gentleperson's Guide To Forum Spies (cryptome.org)
denis-The-menace writes: Many slashdot readers have complained over the past few years that the Slashdot moderation system is broken. Now I think I know why. I've been a Slashdot participant since the 1990s, and used to have a low-numbered account. I don't like censorship. A lot. I was surprised and offended when I discovered active censorship happening right on Slashdot. Read on for details.
Submission + - COINTELPRO Techniques for dilution, misdirection and control of a internet forum (cryptome.org)
An anonymous reader writes: "COINTELPRO Techniques for dilution, misdirection and control of a internet forum..
There are several techniques for the control and manipulation of a internet forum no matter what, or who is on it. We will go over each technique and demonstrate that only a minimal number of operatives can be used to eventually and effectively gain a control of a 'uncontrolled forum."
There are several techniques for the control and manipulation of a internet forum no matter what, or who is on it. We will go over each technique and demonstrate that only a minimal number of operatives can be used to eventually and effectively gain a control of a 'uncontrolled forum."
Comment Re:Not true. (Score 1) 152
The problem is whether it will happen fast enough. If it takes 100 years to fall to sustainable levels, we may have irreversible damage.
Comment Reddit (Score 1) 2
The founder of Mars One already did an AMA over at reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/ufb42/ama_i_am_founder_of_mars_one_sending_four_people/ From the top comments, it seems like just some people trying to get publicity without having any technical details worked out. Such a shame.
Submission + - Google Maps goes 8-bit (blogspot.co.uk)
megu writes: Google launched an option to display Google Maps in a retro-look 8-bit graphics version today. The feature is in support of an April's fool post including a video that announces the release of Google Maps for NES.
