quinto2000's Journal: When did Slashdot "jump the shark"?

When did Slashdot "jump the shark?" Who here remembers when reading Slashdot was entertaining? When real news for nerds was posted? Goddammit, who remembers when reading Slashdot distracted you from doing your work? When you didn't need to troll in order to get enjoyment from the good ol' 64.28.67.150? When beer was Free, not just free? When it was exciting to read about new innovations in technology? When "first post" was amusing meta discussion, not a mindless bore?

Just like the Fonzy, tell me, what moment made it clear for you that Slashdot jumped the shark?

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[DustMagnet]

Slashdot used to be better. I've tried submitting some more nerdy articles, but they all get rejected. There used to be links to small obscure websites that you'd never find on your own. Then the slashdot effect started and small websites can't survive the publicity. I miss the old slashdot, but I still stop here more often than any other news source.

So my answer, is about when we started to notice the slashdot effect.

I also remember when no one wanted to be a nerd, now nerds are almost cool.

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[quinto2000]

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[DustMagnet]

I just wanted preview to work so I could see if how the body was looking. I swear I changed the subject to something useful! But computers never lie, so I must have goofed.

Not sure exactly.

[gmhowell]

Sellout to andover was okay. Sellout to VA? I think that might be it. Either that or Hellmouth. Which, ironically, was pretty decent.

It jumped the shark yesterday

[Corporate Troll]

..at least for me. I opened the comments of one of the articles and I had a *huge* advertisement for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. No, I'm not kidding you, it was there. I should have made a screenshot.
That's the last thing I would have expected to see on slashdot.