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Today we stand proud, fellow Soylentils. Two stories have been received to explain why:
Slashdot.org switches accounts to Classic-like interface
It now appears that Slashdot has now completely changed its interface to the new "beta" interface - which looks almost the same as the "old" interface. Users can no longer view the non-beta classic site, which is being reported by users all around the site.
The only official news on the matter is in the form of a journal entry.
Does this mean it's time to go after our original mission and let them know we're here?
"Beta" Delenda est!
Remember Slashdot? Remember Beta? This blog post might be tagged "sudden outbreak of common sense," if it wasn't well over a year too late:
...effective today, we've jettisoned the Slashdot Beta platform out the side portal. [...] After heavily experimenting on the Beta platform and splitting traffic between Classic and Beta, we've made some decisions about which platform changes ultimately make sense: starting today, we're unifying users back on our Classic platform.
A raft of minor changes came along with this announcement. Still no comment, though, on whether those users are a "community" or an "audience."
And frankly, that's why soylentnews is better.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday February 27 2015, @02:58PM
And after Slashdot crammed Beta up your asses despite widespread protest and Timothy just told you all to suck it, you're still dribbling all over his Jew dick.
Perhaps Slashdot would have never come to that realization had people not become pissed off enough to start (inferior, in your opinion) alternatives and put their money where their mouths are?
I just browsed Slashdot and was met with this, [google.com] even with no script blocking. Not very technically superior, even Soylent News doesn't have bugs that look that shitty.
And that's not even reminding anybody of their extensive censorship mechanism and shit comment and story quality. Flagging comments? Permabans for people who don't toe the groupthink line?
Yeah, no. Fuck Slashdot.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by buswolley on Friday February 27 2015, @04:01PM
Dude
Layoff the racism
subicular junctures
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday February 27 2015, @04:09PM
The word "Jew" is not racism. The phrase, "You are a cracka-ass Wonderbread honkie" just might be, though.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 27 2015, @09:57PM
When you feel the need to include a person's race outside of a context in which it is required or helpful information, it is racist, you cock-munching son of a donkey.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday February 27 2015, @04:01PM
Placeholder for glorious gloat reply, the first (and likely the last) since I left Slashdot for Soylent News:
Link. [slashdot.org]
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Friday February 27 2015, @07:20PM
I can't understand it - you were modded down to -1.
I thought it was quite restrained for you.... ;-)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 27 2015, @05:26PM
You do realize that Einstein was Jewish, don't you?
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday February 27 2015, @05:29PM
So are Ron Jeremy and The Minion. Your point?