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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday February 20 2014, @01:21PM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Thursday February 20 2014, @01:21PM (#3408) Homepage

    There's no need for anger, indeed. However, I think we should be poking fun of them just for cheap laughs. It doesn't have to be the same thing each poll, in fact, having it varied is probably better.

    The Soylent IRC customised IdleRPG will have some mild anti-slashdot references in it, for example (as calamaties, for example). It's at their expense, yes, however it's not powered by bile but by cheekiness.

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  • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Friday February 21 2014, @09:22PM

    by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Friday February 21 2014, @09:22PM (#4554) Homepage Journal

    The cheap laughs will come when their user base deteriorates even farther. Kinda but not really offtopic, but your sig says you swear not to contribute there, well, I'm not going to do anything out of spite but to tell the truth, I haven't been there much since soylent went live. This is a much better site, no need to swear fealty to it. And there are still a lot of good nerds there who haven't come back from the dark side yet, how are you going to encourage them if you stay away from there?

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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Saturday February 22 2014, @12:26PM

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Saturday February 22 2014, @12:26PM (#4794) Homepage

      I have chosen the wording of my .sig, like I chose the wording of almost everything I write, quite precisely.
      It's not a promise to avoid slashdot.
      It's not swearing fealty to this site.

      As you say, gently name-dropping of this site on that site is probably of more benefit to us than them. So an occasional pablum post to /. would be useful, just because of my oh-so-subtle .sig over there. That wouldn't be contribution, that would be if anything subversion, and I would consider it.

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      • (Score: 3, Interesting) by mcgrew on Saturday February 22 2014, @03:51PM

        by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Saturday February 22 2014, @03:51PM (#4849) Homepage Journal

        An interesting concept, thanks for sharing. Since soylent started I've been at /. less and less. I'll have to keep putting my journals over there since I need the audience; there are a couple hundred people reading my journals (as opposed to almost nobody here reading them) and a few of them have bought hardcover copies of Nobots. Any suggestions on how to get my slashdot audience to join us here would be appreciated.

        I am posting journals here first, though. I like it better here, the aliterate and ignorant haven't found it yet.

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