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Slashdot Know Nothings Link to Spiritual Kin in UK

Thi Slashdot entry claims that, “Movie Industry Blames Texting for Bad Box Office.” Of course if you actually read the article that is linked to — something Slashdot editors stopped doing years ago, you find that the story doesn’t quote a single person from the movie industry as even suggesting that text messaging has impacted…

Worst. Slashdot. Post. Ever.

Apparently Slashdot is now accepting submissions of fourth graders’ book reports. This is one of those, “it’s so bad, it’s almost good” especially once the comments start piling on featuring reviews of other popular books in the same style. Now just wait 15 minutes for SCO to claim that the book review illegally incorporates its…

Stupid Slashdot Tricks

Every time I see someone online talking about the accuracy of traditional media vs. weblogs — and usually extolling the virtue of the latter — I think of Slashdot. A few errors could be forgiven, but often it seems like they actively try to avoid reading the actual articles that they post about and link…