Journal wjwlsn's Journal: A sad day 1
I'm not sure how long I've been on Slashdot... at least 10 or 11 years, I guess. It's been a continuous source of enjoyment for me, even though I've never been a particularly active user. Oh, I comment every now and then, I moderate and meta-moderate occasionally, and I may have even tried submitting a story or two at some point (I honestly don't remember). There have been periods when I left Slashdot for some time, when something else really caught my interest and monopolized my attention, but I always came back. I felt like I was part of a persistent community that would last.
Now, the previously unthinkable may happen... I may leave and never come back. Beta is that bad. I hate the way it looks, the way it works, and how it will affect all the things I love about Slashdot.
This is really sad. I never thought I would feel this way about a website. I used to enjoy segfault back in the day, and I remember feeling that loss pretty keenly. The loss of slashdot will be infinitely worse. I hope it won't happen, but I fear that it will.
Please, please, please... if anyone at Dice is listening... don't kill my Slashdot.
more like 15 years, actually (Score:2)
I remember when Andover bought Slashdot. According to wikipedia, that was in 1999. I was certainly a regular reader of Slashdot back then, although I might not have been registered. Anyway, just goes to show you how important Slashdot has been to me... the longest that I've ever stayed in one physical location has been about 10 years. To think that I've been on Slashdot for 15 years kind of boggles my mind.