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Submission + - Gmail's 'Unsubscribe' Tool Comes Out Of the Weeds (itworld.com)

Submitted by itwbennett
itwbennett writes: Starting this week, a new, clearly marked 'unsubscribe' link will appear at the top of the header field in marketers' emails. Previously only appearing for a small percentage of users, the feature will now be made available for most promotional messages with unsubscribe options, Google said on Thursday. Email recipients do not need to take action for the links to appear.

Submission + - What "news for nerds" sites should I use? 8

Submitted by stderr_dk
stderr_dk writes: I used to visit Slashdot quite often, but if Dice Holdings decide to switch the interface to what is currently known as "Beta", I'll have to find another site for my "stuff that matters"-fix.

So, Slashdot, what sites can you recommend for a "maybe-ex" /. user?

Submission + - Community-sourced news site, soylentnews.org, goes live 18

Submitted by umafuckit
umafuckit writes: soylentnews.org is the new way of taking the pulse of the nerd community. Soylentnews is a grassroots-based platform with the content feeds are powered by readers like you. The objective is to highlight news stories of general importance to everyone, but especially nerds. News about technology, art, science and politics: it's all there. Soylentnews is the new kid on the block and will adapt quickly to satisfy our community's needs and and push boundaries like never before. This is a real community site: no changes in format without a general consensus from the community. Stop by and see what you think of the freshly-launched site.

Submission + - Altslashdot.org becomes Soylentnews.org (soylentnews.org) 1

Submitted by rueger
rueger writes: After the initial flurry of activity, especially in their forums, it appears that the rapidly growing altSlashdot community is moving to a new URL: http://soylentnews.org There's no confirmation yet, but the whiff of Dice lawyers seems to be in the air.

Meanwhile work continues apace to create a Slashdot fork for people that feel that the proposed Beta format won't serve their needs.

Comment Re:Did Taco just throw us all under a bus? (Score 1, Informative) 121

by jbernardo (#46202603) Attached to: On the Practicalities of Counterfeit-Proof Physical Bitcoins

Is Slashdot deleting posts about the Beta? Didn't this site used to not delete posts?

Well, all firehose entries related to the beta are marked as spam, all comments are quickly modded -1, so why not do the next step and delete posts?

After all, even the useful idiots that complain about the protest might some day understand what is at stake, so it is even better if they are "protected" from subversive ideas.

Comment Re: Slashcott causes IT productivity spike (Score 3, Informative) 40

by jbernardo (#46202115) Attached to: The Individual Midnight Thread
It won't get out of firehose and into front page. In case you haven't noticed, most #olivesandfeta threads were the most popular yesterday and never made it to the front page. Also, its been a long time since we've seen so many (ir)relevant stories make the front page in a single day. Almost seems like dice employees are actively blocking any mention of the beta and promoting anything that shows up on firehose that doesn't mention the beta.

Submission + - The Individual Midnight Thread 40

Submitted by unitron
unitron writes: Trying to figure out time zones is starting to make my brain hurt, but apparently in a bit over 6 hours somewhere on the other side of globe from Greenwich the Week of Slashcott will begin, as Midnight arrives for anyone in that zone, and then it travels west, where I will encounter it in about 23 hours.

So if we can get this thread out of the Firehose, I was thinking that, as the 10th arrives for us in our respective locations, we could leave here what may be our final farewells to Slashdot.

Until Midnight, this is our meeting place, our City Hall, our town square.

(and yes, our playground)

After that I'm not sure where we can congregate to discuss how the Slashcott's going and whether it's time to move on.

I'm going to jump the gun and lay claim to "So long and thanks for all the Karma", and perhaps someone could do a Bob Hope and re-write the lyrics to "Thanks for the Memories".

In the meantime, a bit of housekeeping.

An AC beat me to the week-long boycott idea by a couple of hours, and suggested the date range of the 10th through the 17th.

As part of a group of people familiar with the concept of beginning a count with 0 instead of 1, I really should have spotted the mistake of putting 8 days into that particular week.

So, should Slashcott Week end as the 17th begins, or do we give Dice a bonus day?

Submission + - Slashdot fail on my 7" Android 4.2 tablet (slashdot.org)

Submitted by xenben
xenben writes: There are simply no comments shown for me on story pages on the mobile slashdot site pages. And there's no choice for classic view in the footer on the mobile slashdot page. And there is no feedback form on slashdot.org (that I could find) where I could mention this issue. Oh... and until this gets resolved, I won't even be able to read anyone's comments to this story. So I won't get any help from this submission either. I don't remember ever going to slashdot before and leaving with an empty frustrated feeling. Has something changed at slashdot.

Submission + - Slashdot Beta: Because They Hate You 3

Submitted by boolithium
boolithium writes: People on here are missing the point of the Beta roll out. The elimination of the existing user base is not a side effect, it is a feature. Slashdot as a brand has value, but as a site has limited commercial appeal. The users are the kids at the lunch table, where not even the foreign exchange students want to sit. Nobody ever got laid from installing NetBSD.

Once they are finished with their nerd cleansing, they can build a new Slashdot. A sexier Slashdot. A Slashdot the kids can dance to.

They aren't ignoring you. They are exterminating you.

Submission + - If we Buck Feta and leave, where should we go? 17

Submitted by Covalent
Covalent writes: I am a long-time slashdot reader (don't let the UID fool you), and I agree with most of you that the Beta is a disaster. Dice has promised a fix, but what if this garbage is the new reality? Is there a suitable alternative to slashdot that members would find equally (or more) fulfilling? Is someone going to fork slashdot and start it anew (Taco can you hear me?) Or is this just the end of an era?

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