Journal SplatMan_DK's Journal: My faith in Slashdot is fading 1
My faith in Slashdot is fading by the minute. And for the first time in ages I feel I might be missing out on important news in the IT industry when reading Slashdot.
Why?
I recently submitted an important story about a lawsuit against Intel in the EU. In fact, the EU has sued Intel on antitrust charges (just as severe as the ones brought up against Microsoft) and the potential fine is literally billions of dollars. This story was news in a number of other media, including Groklaw, Computerworld, News.com, CNN, BBC, cNet and ArsTechnica. And for some mystery reason, the Slashdot admins decided this was not newsworthy.
I cant believe it - it's the worlds largest CPU manufacturer who gets sued by the most powerful legal entity in Europe - and not a word on Slashdot!
I have submitted lots of stories before, so this is not about being disappointed I didn't make the index page. I can totally accept my small-time regular stories not being picked up by the almighty Slashdot. But this is different.
My follow-up post on the subject (Intel had an official comment/pressrelease about the case) was also rejected. My sarcastic "ask Slashdot" article where I bitched about the lack of this particular story (from ANY source for Christ's sake) was also rejected, although this was no big surprise to me
In the future I will rely less on Slashdot for my news reading. I counted on Slashdot for all the big news - it has been my way of keeping me informed about the IT industry for years. Now Slashdot has proven that the main news moderators are totally clueless about what is newsworthy and was is not. So I guess I will start looking for other sources.
Am I all alone in this impression? Or am I totally out of sync with the real world - and Intel getting sued by the EU for billions of dollars is not important news at all?
you are not. (Score:1)
Am I all alone in this impression? Or am I totally out of sync with the real world - and Intel getting sued by the EU for billions of dollars is not important news at all?
I have been seeking out something else too. The worst part is knowing besides all the reasons that /. is great I may have to leave it behind. Slashdot has become what the other major news outlets have become, sensation stories meant to just get views/ad clicks. Just looking at the current front page right now is saddening. The two things I want: stop meeting quotas. Let /. go for 3 hours without an article, wait for good stories. The second thing: have less dupes, less sensationalism, less outrageou