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What "News for Nerds" Sites Should I Use?

posted by mattie_p on Monday February 17 2014, @08:04PM   Printer-friendly
from the certainly-not-here dept.

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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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by kru on Monday February 17 2014, @11:48PM

    by kru (795) on Monday February 17 2014, @11:48PM (#1180)

    The loss of ACs is a devastating blow to the discussion of a site. Many people want to express views or admit ignorance in the security that their self wont be injured by the revelations. Anonymity allows growth in ways that its absence wont. Anonymity can also be abused for trolling, and it will be, but to remove it completely may be throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I was looking forward to technocrat all week, and I will likely still give it a chance. However, I am deeply disappointed in the loss of AC. I hope that you reconsider this one aspect.

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  • (Score: 1) by Bruce Perens on Tuesday February 18 2014, @12:19AM

    by Bruce Perens (916) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @12:19AM (#1200) Homepage

    What is the problem with Pseudonomity, as presently exercised on Slashdot? Peolple post from handles and you don't learn their names unless you reveal them.

    • (Score: 1) by koreanbabykilla on Tuesday February 18 2014, @01:10AM

      by koreanbabykilla (968) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @01:10AM (#1241)

      Do you think killing anon will just up the number of sockpuppet accounts? I might as well be an AC on ./ and here, for all the good knowing "Koreanbabykilla" does anyone. I made the ./ account, and stay logged in, simply so it will remember I want to browse at -1 nested. Now, if I post enough, people will be able to form some picture of who I am. If I then want to post something that could cause loss of a job or freedom or such, I would need a sockpuppet if there is no AC option. Not anything I ever will need to worry about, but I think something to think about.

      • (Score: 1) by Bruce Perens on Tuesday February 18 2014, @07:53AM

        by Bruce Perens (916) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @07:53AM (#1473) Homepage

        Yes, pseudonymity is the alternative to being an AC. A sock-puppet, on the other hand, is intended to be deceptive. I have some vague thoughts on using reputation to discourage them. It helps that I have the comportment axis for comment moderation, that might catch them. We would need to show reputation values right next to their user ID (rather than moderating the comment). I'll work on it.

        • (Score: 1) by Aiwendil on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:53AM

          by Aiwendil (531) on Tuesday February 18 2014, @11:53AM (#1545) Journal

          Just a crazy idea if you implement reputation. Allow registered users to post with their uid/username hidden, and apply all reputation-changing effects to the poster and as soon as it isn't possible to moderate the comment anymore (archiving or maybe time-limit) unlink all references between the "posted as hidden"-comment and the account (excepting the reputation-changes).
          This would allow for an anonymity that still incurs a "cost" on the account for trolls.