Comment Time to Raise the Standard (Score 1) 213
I started reading slashdot a few years ago knowing relatively little about computers. I loved the articles, and the comments were even better.
I learned a lot about computers since then, partially through slashdot, but mostly through running Linux servers at home and doing a lot of programming. And doing google searches for whatever topic I was researching.
Now I can hardly stand to read slashdot. The subject matter is as interesting as ever, but the utter cluelessness of the editors is revolting.
How can an article bereft of any sort of analytical details make it onto slashdot? I'll tell you how, clueless editors.
I read a headline saying Oracle on Linux improves database performance and I am interested to learn more. I read the article and I find out that there is not a single shred of evidence supporting the claim that Linux had anything to do with the performance. They could have been running Linux before the change to oracle for all we know.
We are too smart and life is too short to waste time on bad journalism. I will be reading other hi-tech new sites from now on. Until slashdot gets a clue.
I learned a lot about computers since then, partially through slashdot, but mostly through running Linux servers at home and doing a lot of programming. And doing google searches for whatever topic I was researching.
Now I can hardly stand to read slashdot. The subject matter is as interesting as ever, but the utter cluelessness of the editors is revolting.
How can an article bereft of any sort of analytical details make it onto slashdot? I'll tell you how, clueless editors.
I read a headline saying Oracle on Linux improves database performance and I am interested to learn more. I read the article and I find out that there is not a single shred of evidence supporting the claim that Linux had anything to do with the performance. They could have been running Linux before the change to oracle for all we know.
We are too smart and life is too short to waste time on bad journalism. I will be reading other hi-tech new sites from now on. Until slashdot gets a clue.
