Comment [anti-slash] News flash: Michael has been fired (Score -1, Offtopic) 1351
For public distribution (13 Feb 2005):
Anti-slash confirms: Slashdot's editors are dying.
In another devistating blow to slashdot's editors, it was learned that Michael was fired as an editor on slashdot. We at anti-slash are proud to have brought about this partial victory by our unrelenting jihad of bringing their injustices to light.
The specifics of this case are documented in this post: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=138099&cid=115 70041
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This can be confirmed by visiting http://slashdot.org/authors.pl. Michael is not listed.
Fact: Slashdot's editors are dying
Anti-slash confirms: Slashdot's editors are dying.
In another devistating blow to slashdot's editors, it was learned that Michael was fired as an editor on slashdot. We at anti-slash are proud to have brought about this partial victory by our unrelenting jihad of bringing their injustices to light.
The specifics of this case are documented in this post: http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=138099&cid=11
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I got this from a verified source who's in the know:
Long story short, michael was canned for his abusive and egotistical personality.
Rob's been building a list of complaints by users about michael's abusive patterns but he never acted on it. Well, michael managed to bitchslap one of Rob's old college buddies' accounts along with a couple of paid accounts, word eventually filtered down to Rob, and he had kittens. He convinced michael's OSTG manager to track him down and drag him into a conference call.
Rob laid down the law and started reading off complaints and michael raised his voice, saying that if Rob had a personal problem with him that he didn't need to go over his head and involve his manager in it.
During the shouting match, michael's editor flag was revoked. He was in the admin area at the time and he noticed.
At this point he went totally ballistic and started screaming about how this was why he moved, to get away from "arrogant elitist bullshit". (this is a direct quote.. michael actually did move from New York to Canada to protest George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001. Andover kept him on since it was only an all-remote job anyway.)
michael's manager ducked out of the call to page (read: wake up) Hemos (overseas on business) to three-way him into the call, to try and calm everyone down.
There was some more shouting, and michael's manager told him that things aren't working out well, and that he's going to recommend that his employment be terminated.
michael just hung up, and that was the end of the call as well as michael's employment with OSTG.
This can be confirmed by visiting http://slashdot.org/authors.pl. Michael is not listed.
Fact: Slashdot's editors are dying
