View Full Version : Who reads Slashdot?
Max Lobovsky
23-03-2004, 23:15
There was a time (about 10 weeks ago) when i check http://slashdot.org daily. Then FIRST came along and CD took over all my free web time. I'm sure plenty of FIRSTers are Slashdoters so i decided to search slashdot only to find that there hasn't been a post about FIRST since the beginning of the 2003 season. Has anyone tried submitting anything recently? Im kinda surprised that there isnt anything more recent.
Greg Needel
23-03-2004, 23:18
i use mozilla firefox with tabbed browsing and 2 of my tabs are CD and slashdot
btw did you see that robot made from mini coopers a few weeks ago?
MikeDubreuil
23-03-2004, 23:19
I read Slashdot every couple hours. I have moderator access there :D
Max Lobovsky
23-03-2004, 23:20
i use mozilla firefox with tabbed browsing and 2 of my tabs are CD and slashdot
btw did you see that robot made from mini coopers a few weeks ago?
$@#$@#$@#$@# you got me beat....
The first time i went on Slashdot in probably 5 weeks was just now to do that search.
If only CD had moderation and FP didnt mean Fisher Price.....
Max Lobovsky
23-03-2004, 23:25
I read Slashdot every couple hours. I have moderator access there :D
ooo man, your number is probably soo low, you are soooo cool :P
I'm just kidding. How'd you get to be a mod?
Greg Needel
23-03-2004, 23:42
$@#$@#$@#$@# you got me beat....
The first time i went on Slashdot in probably 5 weeks was just now to do that search.
If only CD had moderation and FP didnt mean Fisher Price.....
CD does have moderators and they do a great job...but you hardly see them because the FIRST community is for the most part respectful of one another
MikeDubreuil
23-03-2004, 23:49
ooo man, your number is probably soo low, you are soooo cool :P
I'm just kidding. How'd you get to be a mod?
Well I'm not exactly a moderator. I don't think there are true moderators. I just receive mod access a couple days a week. Which gives me the ability to rate posts. I've been reading slashdot daily for almost 4 years now. So it takes about 2 or 3 years to get mod access.
FYI: My user id is 529,104 and my karma is excellent.
Joe Ross
24-03-2004, 00:13
FYI: My user id is 529,104
448,595. I average about 5 posts a year on slashdot ;)
It's my homepage...I love it.
Moderator? Like, with 5 mod points?? Or...what? 'Cause you just need positive karma and to check slashdot at a reeasonable rate for that.
I'm 670317 but I lurk ((like i do here :-P)) and I read for about 4 months before I got an account.
Slashdot....is fun :-)
JohnBoucher
24-03-2004, 07:20
Surf to slashdot once a week or so... I live on Webmasterworld.com
Joe Johnson
24-03-2004, 08:51
Other than during the FIRST season, Slashdot is practically my home page.
I can't believe how long it has been since I even loaded the page.
Life is finite, one thing crowds out another...
Joe J.
Greg Needel
24-03-2004, 09:08
i would have to say this is one of my fav sories of all time and it is kinda FIRST related...but really it just puts me in awwwwww of this man
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/09/222227&mode=thread&tid=159&tid=186
i would have to say this is one of my fav sories of all time and it is kinda FIRST related...but really it just puts me in awwwwww of this man
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/03/09/222227&mode=thread&tid=159&tid=186
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww... 8O
FotoPlasma
24-03-2004, 11:21
Other than during the FIRST season, Slashdot is practically my home page.
I can't believe how long it has been since I even loaded the page.
Life is finite, one thing crowds out another...
Joe J.
Pretty much the same goes for me. I haven't been to Slashdot since before Build started.
My UID is 135069, but I only have 7 comments.
Matt Leese
24-03-2004, 11:26
I seem to have you all beat: 123226. Of course, I seldom log in and haven't posted in over a year. I tend to post whenever there's an article about FIRST though.
Matt
UID = 643,814
I spend most of my days at work on Slashdot, especially when there is nothing better to do. I've only been registered for about a year, but I get 5 mod points once a week, and meta-moderate virtually every day.
A lot of the stories and comments posted are very interesting and worth a read, even if it means weeding through a few trolls.
I'm 567,934, I read every day, and get mod points about twice a week.
Pretty much anyone who has had an account for a few months (they throw out the newest few thousand accounts when assigning mod points), and clicks on articles an average amount of times (so infrequent visitors and obssessive fan-boys are less likely to get points), and has positive karma (similar to reputation here) is eligible for mod points. I guess I am just very average.
Dave Flowerday
24-03-2004, 12:55
I seem to have you all beat: 123226.
Heh... you guys are all Slashdot newbies :cool:
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MikeDubreuil
24-03-2004, 13:03
Heh... you guys are all Slashdot newbies :cool:
15140
We're not worthy. You must be an internet forum pioneer! :yikes:
Kevin Karan
24-03-2004, 13:17
im 615250, I live on slashdot but rarely post
Heh... you guys are all Slashdot newbies :cool:
15140
Holy cow....
601913.... :(
IMDWalrus
24-03-2004, 15:15
Heh... you guys are all Slashdot newbies :cool:
15140
You win. :)
Apparently, my user number is 692,125. I go to /. more often than I should...great way to procrastinate.
Heh... you guys are all Slashdot newbies :cool:
15140
You even have me beat!
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Matt Leese
24-03-2004, 16:59
Heh... you guys are all Slashdot newbies :cool:
15140
I actually read Slashdot before they instituted usernames but it took me quite awhile to actually sign up.
You know, I'm not really sure if this is something to brag about...
Matt
FotoPlasma
24-03-2004, 17:33
You know, I'm not really sure if this is something to brag about...
Matt
On that note, I'm pretty relieved that someone has me beat. I'm glad it's you and Dave, if anyone, though. :p
Gadget470
24-03-2004, 18:19
Shouldn't this whole thing be in ChitChat?
tkwetzel
24-03-2004, 18:27
That Mini robot is amazing...I can't say how cool that is :yikes: :ahh: . That guy is the man!!! If he can get it to run 20+ mph, I would love to see it in the DARPA race!!! That would be amazing to see a biped robot win that thing...or even just compete (like the motorcycle this past time). I want one too :D .
Max Lobovsky
24-03-2004, 18:40
Well I'm not exactly a moderator. I don't think there are true moderators. I just receive mod access a couple days a week. Which gives me the ability to rate posts. I've been reading slashdot daily for almost 4 years now. So it takes about 2 or 3 years to get mod access.
FYI: My user id is 529,104 and my karma is excellent.
I thought there were people with higher access, i know anyone who reads it often gets mod points. Maybe after instituting the mod points, they took away all the moderators.
And by moderation, i don't mean by mods, but the rating system /. uses for comments.
Max Lobovsky
24-03-2004, 18:55
That Mini robot is amazing...I can't say how cool that is :yikes: :ahh: . That guy is the man!!! If he can get it to run 20+ mph, I would love to see it in the DARPA race!!! That would be amazing to see a biped robot win that thing...or even just compete (like the motorcycle this past time). I want one too :D .
its fake, read the comments, slashdotters are quick :)
tkwetzel
24-03-2004, 18:56
Maybe I jumped to conclussions too fast...but it is still pretty cool!
Leon Machado IV
25-03-2004, 22:32
I do, whenever I can.
I have been reading /. daily for about a year. I signed up today, so my number is 765837.
There are a couple of sites that I check each day: My.Yahoo, /. , Chief Delphi, The Drudge Report, CBS Marketwatch, and I normally check into my servers.
This is how I get most of my information and it covers eveything from technology to politics.
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