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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: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Friday February 27 2015, @05:46PM
Not by a long shot, have a look at Ethanol-fueled's highly informative screenshot that he posted in this comment [soylentnews.org].
By the look of it the “New Classic” /. is even worse than Beta. Slashdot looks like nothing more than an excuse to run scripts on your computer, more polite than a botnet but essentially the same.
There is no going back.
Also: [fuck a, shit on a, piss on a] [black, yellow, pink] [fat, dirty, disease-ridden, skanky] [gay, pedo, ""] [jew, moslem, christian] [whore, callboy, ladyboy, politican, lawyer] in solidarity against moderator abuse :D
Bite harder Ouroboros, bite! tails.boum.org/ linux USB CD secure desktop IRC *crypt tor (not endorsements (XKeyScore))
(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Friday February 27 2015, @05:48PM
Sorry, I responded to the completely wrong parent comment.
Bite harder Ouroboros, bite! tails.boum.org/ linux USB CD secure desktop IRC *crypt tor (not endorsements (XKeyScore))
(Score: 2) by fliptop on Friday February 27 2015, @08:02PM
Ethanol-fueled's gloat has a direct link. [soylentnews.org]
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 27 2015, @11:23PM
Yog-Yogguth could also have done it this way (the subthread, indexed). [soylentnews.org]
Your method could benefit from the same meme. (Just the 1 comment) [soylentnews.org]
/didactic
-- gewg_