Slashdot's Disagree Mail 251
Traditionally the Slashdot community has had a harsh view of Microsoft, its software, and especially its management. All the more reason for us to become pawns in the evil Windows army, and it would have worked if it wasn't for this guy and his irrefutable statistics.
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 ******* wrote:
"I can't understand how you managed to convince so many *smart* people that you support the open source and free software movement. It couldn't be more obvious that you sold out to Microsoft in 2004. I've kept careful records of your stories for many years and I've got the evidence. Pre-2004 showed a negative Microsoft story rate of 87% and a positive Microsoft story rate of 13%. From 2004 until today the negative story rate has crashed to a mere 62% while the positive story rate has climbed to 38%. Am I to believe that a 25% increase in positive stories is not significant. When i comment on this trend I get marked as a troll, nice. I suppose that is a coincidence to. Good work I'm sure the current political administartion will own you soon. I used to enjoy your message before it became Bill and Bush's."
With the failing health of Steve Jobs, we thought it would be the perfect time to get firmly entrenched into the Apple hierarchy. It's a shame that our rabid love for Apple and all its products made our actions so transparent.
On Fri, 2 Feb ******* wrote:
"Apple sure does pay good don't they! Is there anyone not on the Apple payroll at Slashdot? If you're going to become an Apple mouthpiece you might want to try and hide it better! How much does a frontpage Slashdot story cost anyway? I hope it's a lot. If you're going to become Apple whores you might as well get paid well. Just know that I know it's rotten to the core!"
I have to give him credit for the, "rotten to the core" Apple thing. Usually the rants I get aren't so poetic. Most of the time they are rambling and confused, like this.
On Wed, 23 Apr ******** wrote"
"I noticed today that many Slashdot stories are listed on Google. I thought you were supposed to be a neutral internet party? I can't believe what you have as "news" if you are in cahoots with the "do no evil" gang. Almost everything I used to believe in is on Google now I was hoping that Slashdot would be strong enough to resist the Google money pool but I guess I was naive. Google is going to slowly absorb everything is that ok with you? it doesn't seem so bad when your playing volleyball or bringing your cat to work but it is. A cat is no trade for integrity. Look back at what you used to stand for and not greed or I will have to find a news source that hasn't been swallowed by Google."
Dear Slashdot... (Score:1, Interesting)
Dear slashdot,
No one reads idle, yet it is on the front page as large a Dewar's ad.
Sincerely,
Not First Post
Amusing read (Score:4, Interesting)
Okay, I get a lot of value out of this (Score:5, Interesting)
No we're not! (Score:3, Interesting)
Meow, we are!
SHhow their names (Score:3, Interesting)
Hate to comment twice in one article, but I have to say: Show the names of the people writing you! Maybe not their email (though that would be OK), but at least their slashdot ID, if they have one. Shit, make it a requirement that they have a slashdot account before they write in.
It'd be much more fun if there was some accountability...
-B
Re:Yawn (Score:3, Interesting)
These aren't even funny.
We get a handful of boring emails each update.
Yes, the people who write them are dumb. But it's like reading 3 random /. posts, with 0 context, that got modded "+10, Idle".
Anyone who's been on /. has probably seen far more outrageous/stupid complaint emails (some of which are bound to be real).
These emails do not provide drama or comedy.
In fact, I propose the following (and will submit it email!):
Add a "+1, Idle" modifier for comments.
Add a separate "IdleScore" field (so "+1, Idle" doesn't affect the regular score) for that modifier only.
Make the Idle score of a comment completely invisible (don't list it, don't let people filter by it, don't send comment moderation notices about it).
When a comment hits Idle +10, it goes to idle.slashdot.org .
Every week or so, we get a hand-picked selection of these comments, instead of the disagree mail segment.