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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by moondoctor on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:28AM

    by moondoctor (2963) on Wednesday February 26 2014, @02:28AM (#7064)

    i think you are dead right.

    i don't think we're after full scientific papers and content you need a PHD for, but i do think that a lot of people are here because slashdot got more and more joe Q public type stuff. A lot of the things I'm into my friends have no clue, and it's nice (read: fucking fantastic!) to have a place to go where smart people are talking about interesting subjects.

    i would vote E, all of the above on the survey.

    i'm after anything interesting in the technology/science vein. I'm into software, electronics, machines, etc. but I'm also fascinated to read up on biology, chemistry, math, physics - all the rest.

    i think the problem is that websites end up tempted into thinking that getting the most visitors is the holy grail. for making money, that is true, but it ends up steering the content towards a generic and dumbed down (and often snarky) mediocrity. if you're running a site that has a relatively small and specific audience that won't tolerate clickbait, you probably ain't gonna get billionaire rich. if that's ok with the people running things it can work.

    finally, I think that pieces about highly technical subjects written by people that don't really understand the subject are a huge problem. that, and misleading/overblown/snsationalist headlines. speak softly and carry a big stick.

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