Does anyone else miss the good parts of slashdot?

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Does anyone else miss the good parts of slashdot?

Does anyone else miss the good parts of slashdot?
My favs:
* Taglines were allowed in every post
* The rating system; e.g. +5 Troll
It was like a blend of the good light-hearted parts of Reddit combined with the technical prowess of Hacker News.
At least this is how I remember it, circa 2005 :)

ggm · Accepted Answer

Yes, in the mists of time it had value. But it dropped down pretty rapidly. I personally stopped caring when I noticed the lag between novel things being shown to me on HN and on slashdot had clearly flipped to slashdot got some things later, and indirectly.I prefer prime source. I also prefer the nature of discussion here. But in the early days when /. was mostly all we had, before it got overtaken by "how to make a beowulf cluster of this" meme behaviour, it was good.

themodelplumber · Answer

I like HN with some Soylent News and SoraNews24 mixed in. You can get a pretty good Slashdot-like buzz that way...(Also I feel like there is TONS of room for really amazing rating & moderation systems still, like proving a rating & moderation engine interchange, along with allowing the user their choice of engines...use the sub-community's own, tweak it, or bring your own. And vote on your favorite engines)

Does anyone else miss the good parts of slashdot?

Does anyone else miss the good parts of slashdot?My favs:* Taglines were allowed in every post* The rating system; e.g. +5 TrollIt was like a blend of the good light-hearted parts of Reddit combined with the technical prowess of Hacker News.At least this is how I remember it, circa 2005 :)

Does anyone else miss the good parts of slashdot?
My favs:
* Taglines were allowed in every post
* The rating system; e.g. +5 Troll
It was like a blend of the good light-hearted parts of Reddit combined with the technical prowess of Hacker News.
At least this is how I remember it, circa 2005 :)