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byLothsahn ( 221388 ) writes:
It's not algorithmically-based ragebait. And while it clearly lost the "social media war" to Reddit, there's something nostalgic and nice about /.
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byAnonymous Coward writes:
Welcome to Slashdot, you must be new here. It's been turned into a politically driven ragebait forum with awful, vibes-based moderation based on mood affiliation rather than strength of evidence or quality of argument.
bydrinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
I'm seeing the same things the GP was seeing. Moderation has never been so abused as it is now.
byAvitarX ( 172628 ) writes:
And yet, it's still one of the better/more informative discussion forums.
I'm not saying it's not gone downhill, just not as bad as the rest of the internet.
bydrinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
I agree with all of that.
And yet, the abusive moderation still irks
byAvitarX ( 172628 ) writes:
I guess that's why we're both still here 20+ years later...
byBig Hairy Gorilla ( 9839972 ) writes:
I suspect the server here, has its finger on the scale. I've entered a comment when there is only couple of comments, and seen it moderated down in seconds... like right before your eyes... seems too fast for someone to read and moderate.
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byantdude ( 79039 ) writes:
It's 2 bad /. won't easily accept new users as shown in https://slashdot.org/my/newuse... [slashdot.org]. :(
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bydrinkypoo ( 153816 ) writes:
That doesn't say they won't accept new users.
bykarmawarrior ( 311177 ) writes:
TBH, I don't know a time when Slashdot didn't have a significant amount of ragebait, not even during the CmdrTaco years.
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