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Subject:Re: Slashdot is most definitely not a "myth." From:Mike Stockman <mstockman -at- mac -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Sat, 1 Jun 2002 14:22:57 -0400
>Um. I *am* a software developer, among other things, and software
>developers are the people I spend most of my time talking to (at least
>when it comes to technical matters). Those are the people who most
>pooh-pooh Slashdot, IME. If you think that software developers respect
>Slashdot, you must hang out in a markedly different community from mine.
That may be true, that all the software developers you talk to pooh-pooh
Slashdot. Some of the developers I know do the same. All of them,
however, read it daily.
I learn a great deal by reading the stories mentioned on Slashdot. I also
browse the comments at a very high moderation point level, so the -1, 0,
1, and 2 comments don't even show up on my screen. I learn even more that
way.
None of it's gospel; some of it, even the highly rated stuff, is crap.
But for technical news summaries, there's nothing better. And most
developers I know visit it regularly.
Mike
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