I’ve been a slashdot reader pretty much forever (my userid is barely over 6 digits) but I must have been on vacation the week that hit because I don’t know how on earth I missed this:
You’ve probably read this classic boner of an iPod quote at some point:
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.It’s from the Slashdot article on the introduction of the original Apple iPod back in 2001. I had always assumed this particular quote was written by a random Slashdot user in the comments. But in fact, that quote is part of the body of the news entry, and it came directly from Rob Malda, the founder of Slashdot.
Rob’s pithy dismissal of the iPod at its introduction has become virtually synonymous with how out of touch the Slashdot crowd is with the rest of the world.
Obviously, this being an overgeneralization, this does hold some truth, and there are quite a few questionable posters (okay, who am I kidding… there are a LOT of ridiculous comments) but the content on slashdot is still great. Unless, of course you’re not an open source enthusiast and you’re going to certainly be the minority of its readers.
