“Do you get paid for this shit?”
Slashdot is a horrible site, but for some reason I still feel compelled to visit it on a daily basis. The only thing worse than reading a story on Slashdot is reading a comment on Slashdot, but for some reason I end up doing that too. Why? I don’t know - probably the same reason I keep buying stuff from the iTunes Music Store, despite it repeatedly shagging me in the face in new and interesting ways. The concept of Slashdot is good, just like iTunes should be good in theory - but the execution, oh man.
I really wouldn’t mind so much if it was a little site run by one guy in his spare time - although there are countless such sites better produced than Slashdot - but this thing is huge. And owned by some big technology firm. But what do we get? Stories full of bollocks, people asking the same stupid questions every week (”how can I organise my books at home” just today!), and the ‘Funny’ comments. Oh, those ‘Funny’ comments. I think I must have broken my funnybone or something.
Their links to positive Linux stories (Linux nearly ready for your nan!) are often good for a laugh, at least. Now that’s funny.
Do they get paid for this shit? The sad answer is yes, they do.
