Is "relying" an overstatement? Yes.

Why? Give me those domains.. I want to go ahead and manually visit them. I'm curious. And I don't even use Steam.

What ratings system? What do you mean by "routing"? I know. RTFA. But come on, a summary should at least... well you know summarize.

If you're really listening, then you'll say:
"We get it. You don't like Beta. So, we're going to commit to allowing you to keep classic if that's the site you are loyal to."

You've been working on Beta for a long time. We've been aware of that. We're not responding to trying something new. We're responding to this bit from the message you retracted:
> "The new site is a work in progress so Classic Slashdot will be available from the footer for several more months."

We're responding to the implication that the functional site we love will be fully replaced with the awful beta; no takesies back. This very slim time frame of several months makes it clear that in your eyes, the new "slashdot" is nearly complete. The problem is, the real reason Beta sucks is because it's a different paradigm all together. It's not something you can fix by listening to feedback and tweaking over the next few months. It's a concept that needs to be scrapped.

I think I speak for many when I say the issue goes beyond ugliness. It's a frame of mind. It's what this site represents that you're changing. We are nerds. You really need to understand nerds better if we are your intended audience anymore. We like this site because it's functional and doesn't get in the way of OUR discussion. You're turning the site into buzzfeed. Save that crap for Slashdot BI.

These copy paste posts are ok, but people will soon gloss over them. Try to work hate for the beta in with an on-topic comment.

"Major Internet Site Passed By Turkeys"

That will soon change to "as our audience migrates away". This needs more attention outside of the moderators' control. Continue over at reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/social...

It will soon change to: "as our audience migrates". Keep up the discussion outside of their moderation power over on reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/social...

There are readers and contributors. Slashdot acknowledges some people as meaningful contributors by allowing them to disable ads. So, yes. We contributors ARE paying to use the site by offering our content. We're not giving the content for free, we get compensated in the form of a site that lives up to our high standards. So, when the compensation fails to be adequate, we must be vocal. We understand that we can stop using the "free" site at any time. We become vocal in hopes it doesn't have to come to that.

The design of their security. They should redesign it by committe. Here are some suggestions for your Target Security Beta:

* More whitespace. Credit card thieves hate whitespace.
* Big goofy graphic before they can steal your credit card info
* Force a lot of scrolling, this will definitely send attackers away
* Make the store look like Buzzfeed. This will send them screaming.

I think sometimes posts get lost because of that awful "preview comment" functionality that makes it look like the post went through, when it's waiting for you to click the yellow button.

Yep. How long before they come fed up with these protests and start deleting comments, or moderating them into oblivion? Please continue the fight, and also, pleace comment outside of their control here on reddit (where I may soon be moving to if classic goes away): http://www.reddit.com/r/social...

Oh sweet sweet Karma. Farewell. We had a good run of it, didn't we?

Sometimes they evolve organically. Often, some interested party steps in, and turns it all upside down and ruins it. When this happens, the standard is often likely to fail because it didn't meet the needs of the users (the real stakeholders).

This is sort of what is about to happen to slashdot with the introduction of Beta. Some interested party with power steps in, and flips it upside down. What they fail to realize is that Slashdot isn't a website. It's the users. And Slashdot users are a very special class of curmudgeons... take your Beta off my lawn and shove it.

Please discuss!
http://www.reddit.com/r/social...