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Slashdot, often abbreviated as /., is a technology-related news website owned by SourceForge, Inc. It features user-submitted and editor-evaluated current affairs news with a "nerdy" slant. Each story on the site has an Internet forum-style comments section attached. The name "Slashdot" is described by the site's owners as "a sort of obnoxious parody of a URL", chosen to confuse those who tried to pronounce the URL of the site ("h-t-t-p-colon-slash-slash-slashdot-dot-org").

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Slashdot, often abbreviated as /., is a technology-related news website owned by SourceForge, Inc. It features user-submitted and editor-evaluated current affairs news with a "nerdy" slant. Each story on the site has an Internet forum-style comments section attached. The name "Slashdot" is described by the site's owners as "a sort of obnoxious parody of a URL", chosen to confuse those who tried to pronounce the URL of the site ("h-t-t-p-colon-slash-slash-slashdot-dot-org").

The summaries for the stories are generally submitted by Slashdot's own readers with editors accepting or rejecting these contributions for general posting. While Slashdot's haphazard editorial style produced a unique voice in the pre-blog age, users frequently post criticisms of perceived arbitrary or biased editorial choices. Slashdot itself is known for its biased positions relating to privacy and the open source movement. Though the site predates the modern concept of the weblog, Slashdot's architecture is commonly compared to that of modern blogs. The content management system, Slash, has long been available under the GNU General Public License.

Editors

Created in September 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda, Slashdot is now owned by SourceForge, Inc. The site is run primarily by Malda, Jeff "Hemos" Bates (who handles articles and book reviews and sells advertising) and Robin "Roblimo" Miller who helps handle some of the more managerial tasks of the site, as well as posting stories.Fact: date=July 2007 The site is headquartered in Dexter, Michigan.

Moderation

To prevent abusive comments, a moderation system has been implemented whereby every comment posted (including those posted anonymously) has a starting score which can be incremented or decremented by semi-randomly chosen moderators. When moderating, the moderator chooses a given descriptor (such as "insightful", "funny", "troll") and each descriptor has a positive or negative value associated with it. As such, posts not only are scored, but characterized ("20% insightful, 80% interesting"). Users can configure the value of each descriptor. The descriptors available are normal, offtopic, flamebait, troll, redundant, insightful, interesting, informative, funny, overrated, and underrated.

Moderation points added to a comment are also added to a user's karma score. Having high karma gives one bonus point to posts made by that author. (Being a registered poster adds one more, so that the highest normally achieved starting score is two).

Conversely, users with low karma have penalties imposed on them. People that post comments designed to get more karma, for example mirroring a linked article or presenting a banal groupthink opinion or lame joke, are often referred to as karma whores. Those who can moderate are selected by their karma score and number of meta moderations (and maybe other criteria). Slashdot editors, including Rob Malda ("CmdrTaco"), can moderate limitlessly. Moderator access for non-editors is time limited to a few days.

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NASA Developing Small Nuclear Reactor For the Moon

Slashdotmarshotel writes "NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary power, and they are taking initial steps toward a non-nuclear technology demonstration of this type of system." Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/11/1347256&...

IMTS 2008: The "Rosetta Stone" of Interoperability and More

ThomasNetMore than 90,000 attendees from 119 countries have assembled in Chicago to be privy to pretty much every type of manufacturing machines and technology being used on today's shop floor. Here are some highlights.http://news.thomasnet.com/IMT/archives/2008/09/international...

Google Claims User Content In Multiple Products

SlashdotAn anonymous reader writes "Google last week removed some language in its Chrome browser's terms of service that gave the company a license to any material displayed in the browser, but that language remains in several other Google products, including its Picasa photo service and its Blogger service." Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/10/144202&from...

Porn Browser Wars Heat Up, Firefox Goes Incognito, Too [Browsers]

GizmodoIn a response to Google Chrome's Incognito mode and IE8's InPrivate(s), Firefox beta 3.1 (hitting next month) will have a privacy mode of its own that will "ensure that users can't be tracked when...http://gizmodo.com/5048925/porn-browser-wars-heat-up-firefox...

Virginia Begins Open-Source Physics Textbook

Slashdoteldavojohn writes "The Commonwealth of Virginia has issued a request for contributions to an open source physics textbook (or 'flexbook' they termed it). They are partnering with CK-12 to make this educational textbook under the Creative Commons by Attribution Share-Alike license." Read more of this story at Slashdot. http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/09/10/1556242&fro...

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Candidates for 2008: They're preposterous!

Lodi News-Sentinelhttp://it.slashdot.org/it/08/09/09/1426246.shtml **This** is what those fake "polls" in the MSM are setting the American public up for...the stealing of another election.http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2008/09/12/opinion/columnis...

The Tech Behind a Nine Inch Nails Show

Tech.slashdot.orginetstorm , who has "been a NIN fan for ages," sends along a Wired profile giving a look behind the scenes at the tech underlying the current NIN concert tour . "...this time around, NIN has pulled out all the stops, creating a groundbreaking, fully ... http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/13/2239248.shtml

Sun Bare Metal Hypervisors Now GPLv3

Tech.slashdot.orgYou have missed the point. Sun did not release xVM under the GPL to be nice. They did it to strengthen their position for selling their other products. Releasing ZFS under the GPL would probably weaken their position, so they are not going to do it ... http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/09/12/1358231.shtml

Spectacular Fossil Forests Found In US Coalmine

News SlashdotThe coal was produced primarily by rotting leaves and soil, which yes, would have been under the trees. So you have a layer of petrified leaves and trees and a layer of coal beneath it. They take out the coal and you get a really big long cave, where ... http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/09/10/2020226.shtml

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San Francisco Business JournaliPod briefing: a few quick snaps, a few new apps. [BoingBoing] Microsoft Concedes Vista Launch Problems [Slashdot] Apple Is So Creative [Lulz For You] [Gizmodo] Did Apple Actually ... http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/gen/Apple_C...

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mindtweak

is digg the new slashdot?

mindtweakMost news ends up on both; I prefer digg, since I find the interface less cluttered.
omicron009

Exp #1 - Have you heard of Slashdot or Digg?

omicron009yes
trer

Which is the best, Digg, Reddit or slashdot?

treri like digg, but stories appear on reddit before they do on digg.
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can yahoo webhosting handle digg or slashdot effect?

David NYes it can... Also go visit hostmonster.com good place.
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what are the best social bookmarking sites for use with SEO for a technology company?

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