Slashdot is not an opinion (Score 2, Interesting)

Slashdot's strength comes from it's collective input, and this, being diverse and often opposed, is not a unanimous opinion. Slashdot is a respected authority on linux and some other issues because it provides a great service about these issues, and as such is influential with the linux community. For it to be influential in large-scale politics- because most issues the lobby group suggests are international- it needs to widen its readership and, vitally, maintain a high standard of input as free as possible from dogmatism and ossification. I would welcome an editorial endorsement of some political lobbyists, but stay clear of too close ties which could stifle both groups.