Hello everybody out there visiting slashdot.org -
I'm doing a (free) news website (just a hobby, won't
be big and professional like osdn) in HTML5.
This has been brewing since October, and is starting to get
ready.
Seriously though...
I love the idea of the Slashdot news website; the threaded comments and
the user-submitted stories/moderation are truly unique among the
various news organizations.
Unfortunately, Slashdot's technical successes have not been duplicated
on their business side. They have leapfrogged from one parent
corporation to another for their entire existence - never really fitting
in anywhere.
Slashdot's current parent, Dice Holdings, has made it abundantly clear
over the last few months that it wishes to "re-image" the site into yet
another generic news aggregator. The "beta" site, that was introduced
last October, has zero support for threading/moderation/etc... A few
days ago, they started pushing 25% of the site's users to the new site
and reiterated their stance that the "beta" is their new vision and
that "classic" will soon be deprecated.
I just can't idly stand by and watch the destruction of one of the best
communities on the Internet.
My new news website will be called "Pipedot" and be reachable at:
http://pipedot.org/ (also http://pipedot.com/). The motto will be:
"News for nerds, without the corporate slant." Get it? A pipe character
looks like a slash without the slant!
I'm committed to providing a free and independent resource without the
influence of a parent corporate overlord. The site will be decidedly
non-profit and have no advertisements, no Adobe flash, no Google
analytics, etc...
What it will keep, however, is the spirit of the original.
Hello everybody out there visiting slashdot.org -
\nI'm doing a (free) news website (just a hobby, won't
\nbe big and professional like osdn) in HTML5.
\nThis has been brewing since October, and is starting to get
\nready.
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\nSeriously though...
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\nI love the idea of the Slashdot news website; the threaded comments and
\n
the user-submitted stories/moderation are truly unique among the
\n
various news organizations.
\n<
br/
p>
\n\n<
pbr/>
\nUnfortunately, Slashdot's technical successes have not been duplicated
\n
on their business side. They have leapfrogged from one parent
\n
corporation to another for their entire existence - never really fitting
\n
in anywhere.
\n<
br/
p>
\n\n<
pbr/>
\nSlashdot's current parent, Dice Holdings, has made it abundantly clear
\n
over the last few months that it wishes to "re-image" the site into yet
\n
another generic news aggregator. The "beta" site, that was introduced
\n
last October, has zero support for threading/moderation/etc... A few
\n
days ago, they started pushing 25% of the site's users to the new site
\n
and reiterated their stance that the "beta" is their new vision and
\n
that "classic" will soon be deprecated.
\n<
br/
p>
\n\n<
pbr/>
\nI just can't idly stand by and watch the destruction of one of the best
\n
communities on the Internet.
\n<
br/
p>
\n\n<
pbr/>
\nMy
new news website will be called "Pipedot" and be reachable at:
\n
http://pipedot.org/ (also
http://pipedot.com/ ). The motto will be:
\n
"News for nerds, without the corporate slant." Get it? A pipe character
\n
looks like a slash without the slant!
\n<
br/
p>
\n\n<
pbr/>
\nI'm committed to providing a free and independent resource without the
\n
influence of a parent corporate overlord. The site will be decidedly
\n
non-profit and have no advertisements, no Adobe flash, no Google
\n
analytics, etc...
\n<
br/
p>
\n\n<
pbr/>
\nWhat it will keep, however, is the spirit of the original.
\n