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stderr writes: "I used to visit a certain website quite often, but if Dice Holdings decide to switch the interface to what is currently known as "Beta", I'll have to find another site for my "stuff that matters" fix. So, SoylentNews, what sites can you recommend for a "maybe-ex" /. user?"
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What "News for Nerds" Sites Should I Use?
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(Score: 1) by animal on Monday February 17 2014, @08:29PM
Really I don't think racist comments belong here.
(Score: 1) by Koen on Monday February 17 2014, @08:39PM
"Really I don't think racist comments belong here."
I completely agree. However, there is no way to prevent this without giving up anonymous posting - and I think many of us don't want to pay that price.
Somebody with mod points will mod it down soon enough - if not: don't feed the troll and ignore him.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @08:41PM
New site needs trolls. Soylent News is White People. Crackers be tasty.
(Score: 1) by animal on Monday February 17 2014, @08:44PM
I don't mind foul language. Nothing really wrong with it. But I think we are all above racism.
I had 10 moderator points and wanted to delete the comment and couldn't find out how lol.
So please any mod can delete this AC's comment?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @08:49PM
Censor the animal! Censorship for some, bite site soy protein bars for others. Idiot.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by unitron on Monday February 17 2014, @09:11PM
Once you start deleting comments, where do you draw the line?
That's why those type of comments can be modded down to -1.
If you don't browse at -1, you never see them, but we avoid the slippery slope of censorship.
something something Slashcott something something Beta something something
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @09:23PM
Comments such as these are the essence of the community, they are to ignored and down-moderated.
(Score: 1) by koreanbabykilla on Monday February 17 2014, @10:28PM
Speaking of mod points, it is weird seeing the familiar interface, but not having any. lol
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @08:39PM
Oh well... it even feels like the slashdot now
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @09:02PM
You must be new h... uhh, never mind.
(Score: 2, Funny) by tristram on Monday February 17 2014, @09:19PM
Well, if you're trying to replace Slashdot, then they certainly do.
This type of community is always going to attract trolls. The trick is to find ways to deal with the problem without making discussion worthless.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Iskender on Monday February 17 2014, @09:56PM
>Well, if you're trying to replace Slashdot, then they certainly do.
This a thousand times! We need junk.
We need it because it's part of the Slash culture, but also because AC is the only way for some to post about their employers, post interesting but controversial links and so on. Anonymity gives rise to bad posts, but without it everyone will behave so well, they will never manage to say the most interesting things.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 17 2014, @10:55PM
One idiot posting racist crap has 10 others comment on it, spraying around the same subject line even on +5 posts.
(Score: 1) by koreanbabykilla on Tuesday February 18 2014, @01:18AM
Thats one of the reasons we arent supposed to feed them. Duh.