Abe Lincoln.
True story.
Or wait... was it slashdot... No... it was Abe Lincoln.
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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That would be interesting considering that WoW was released some time after CoH.|
Originally Posted by Calaxprimal
I think it originated in the WoW boards, where everyone would instantly rush to leap on the devs posts. They've gotten to the point where they're claiming "First page"
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Incidentally, not having read the WoW forums, do the WoW mods and devs have their names in red on the forums?
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Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
I know what slashdot is and I know what the slashdot effect is, but I learned about that from TechTV. I'd imagine that percentage of people who have ever heard the words slash and dot put together verbally is rather low.
Where as Microsoft has been dumping millions and millions of dollars into ad campains for the past 15 years trying to convince people that Microsoft=home computing. |
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Abe Lincoln.
True story. Or wait... was it slashdot... No... it was Abe Lincoln. |
Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
I've never heard of slashdot either - I think slashfic sounds better 
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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That's actually a pretty good analogy.|
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
It would be more akin to asking who the hell Linux is and what happened to his sister Luxy?
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I'd never heard of the 'slashdot effect' before j_s posted the link, and if you mentioned 'slashdotting' to me, I would assume you meant posting on slashdot.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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Bull.|
Originally Posted by je_saist
... you have seriously never heard of Slashdot, Slashdotting, or the Slashdot effect?
That's sort of like going into a computer store and asking who Microsoft is. |
'nuff said.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
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Keep telling yourself that.|
Originally Posted by Ironblade
Bull.
'nuff said. |
The analogy sticks.
There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot. Not when New York Times has mentioned them. Not when Fox News has mentioned them. Not when CNN has mentioned them. Not when CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, and the Associated Press have mentioned them.
You would have to have your head buried in a lump of concrete to have been on the web for that long and never have at least HEARD somebody refer to Slashdot.
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Don't feel too bad, this thread has more mentions of having not heard of Slashdot than I have ever seen across the web. Maybe it's me? Maybe it's the forums and pages I frequent? ... but I'm pretty sure Slashdot is somewhere on page 1 in the "welcome to the Internet" manual at least in every edition made since the second half of the 1990's.|
Originally Posted by je_saist
Keep telling yourself that.
The analogy sticks. There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot. Not when New York Times has mentioned them. Not when Fox News has mentioned them. Not when CNN has mentioned them. Not when CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, and the Associated Press have mentioned them. You would have to have your head buried in a lump of concrete to have been on the web for that long and never have at least HEARD somebody refer to Slashdot. |
For those non /.ers out there, it's pretty much the opposite of 4chan with a pre-millennial Digg feel. Unless you're only concerned with pr0n and GlennBeck it may not be the site for you but otherwise give it a go.
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My mother has been using the internet for longer than I have, and she doesn't know what slashdot is. My father is a hair's breadth away from one of those people who uses and posts on slashdot every day. Their computers are about 6 feet apart.|
Originally Posted by je_saist
There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot.
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It's really not a very hard concept to grasp.
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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je_saist: Troll of the year or immune to reality?
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Originally Posted by je_saist
Keep telling yourself that.
The analogy sticks. There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot. Not when New York Times has mentioned them. Not when Fox News has mentioned them. Not when CNN has mentioned them. Not when CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, and the Associated Press have mentioned them. You would have to have your head buried in a lump of concrete to have been on the web for that long and never have at least HEARD somebody refer to Slashdot. |
I disbelieve!
*rolls 20 sided*
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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natural 20...|
Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
I disbelieve!
*rolls 20 sided* |
...congradulations your critical disbelieve has caused you to disbelieve so hard in existence that the universe is now folding in on itself...damn you!
Also I've heard of Slashdot...but that's literally all I've heard...the name...I know nothing else about it.
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Is this "welcome to the internet" manual included in the box when you buy a new computer or is the guy or gal who hooks up your broadband responsible for delivering the manual?|
Originally Posted by BigBlueMachine
but I'm pretty sure Slashdot is somewhere on page 1 in the "welcome to the Internet" manual at least in every edition made since the second half of the 1990's.
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The average person is the average internet user. Next time you walk into a department store or supermarket, make the assumption they all have a computer. How many people in that checkout line do you think have heard of slashdot?
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Well, I've been on the internet since the 1200 baud modem. Somewhere over 15 years.|
Originally Posted by je_saist
Keep telling yourself that.
The analogy sticks. There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot. Not when New York Times has mentioned them. Not when Fox News has mentioned them. Not when CNN has mentioned them. Not when CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, and the Associated Press have mentioned them. You would have to have your head buried in a lump of concrete to have been on the web for that long and never have at least HEARD somebody refer to Slashdot. |
I don't read the New York Times.
I don't watch Fox News.
I don't watch CNN.
I don't watch CBS, NBC, or ABC.
I don't have any interest in Reuters, or the Associated Press.
I don't browse the internet for the sake of browsing the internet.
It would seem to be pretty easy for me to not hear about Slashdot for all that time. Which, I might add, I haven't.
Just thought you would like to know that your assumption was poorly thought out and the analogy was incorrect.
There I was between a rock and a hard place. Then I thought, "What am I doing on this side of the rock?"
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They don't have red, they've got blue names, and animated avatars. Literally they have "first" and "first page" and "first page in an epic thread" etc etc.|
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
That would be interesting considering that WoW was released some time after CoH.
Incidentally, not having read the WoW forums, do the WoW mods and devs have their names in red on the forums? |
As to slashdot, I've heard of it tangentially but you expect us to understand a meme which has spread so much that it permeates almost every web board I've seen? Just because you've heard a name doesn't mean you know wtf it is. Heck, for all I knew it could have been from 4chan, but I'd seen it first on WoW's boards, and didn't remember seeing the "first" thing over here until AFTER I'd been playing on there for a while, so figured that might be the start of it.
By the catapillars hooka you WILL smile!
I'd say slashdot is as well known as 4chan, that is well known by the people who frequent it and yet another internet meme that might be known a little bit to everyone else. Not anyway known half as much as my twittering facebook space.
As for comparing slashdot with microsoft's branding - that's just lolworthy.
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/microsoft.com
http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/slashdot.org
http://www.google.com/trends?q=microsoft%2C+slashdot
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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The analogy's crap.|
Originally Posted by je_saist
Keep telling yourself that.
The analogy sticks. There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot. Not when New York Times has mentioned them. Not when Fox News has mentioned them. Not when CNN has mentioned them. Not when CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, and the Associated Press have mentioned them. You would have to have your head buried in a lump of concrete to have been on the web for that long and never have at least HEARD somebody refer to Slashdot. |
On the internet since Age of Empires, never heard of Slashdot before this thread.
@True Metal
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My wickedly cool manual only took filling out the rebate card form found inside the box, then filling out 21 surveys,dodging a 3 hour wide phone call with Comcast, and only one measly pint of blood to AT&T to get. Heck, if I keep on sending them fresh droplets, they've promised me more pages.I've been hoping the missing chapters would show me the direction to all the really cool pages where they haven't even made it to 5 digit userIDtags.|
Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
Is this "welcome to the internet" manual included in the box when you buy a new computer or is the guy or gal who hooks up your broadband responsible for delivering the manual?
The average person is the average internet user. Next time you walk into a department store or supermarket, make the assumption they all have a computer. How many people in that checkout line do you think have heard of slashdot? |
As for the people in the line I guess it would depend on which store and time of the day, everyone knows the average internet power user can't stand in direct sunlight for too long with out suffering massive personal debuffs.
If it's any solace at all I wish I didn't know what 4chan was and would gladly trade you 11 donuts to erase it from my memory but I'm still glad for the day someone pointed me towards /. As one who knows no delusion of superior intelligence to anything much less geniuses who leave their knowledge to be picked off the web when I need say 100plus opinions on how to "get more out of my wifi" I tend to head the /. way first more often than not.
(sideways to the topic, while personally with my experience on the superhighway of tubes I had yet to find a bunch of people who weren't /.'ers I have to admit the analogy was lacking imho, why not go for a car flavored one instead)
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I've been online since the pre-Web BBS days (playing LORD, Cripple Smash, and downloading shareware put out by guys like Moraff) and this was the first I've heard of Slashdot. Mind you, I've been actively avoiding news other than weather for almost 9 years now.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
Keep telling yourself that.
The analogy sticks. There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot. Not when New York Times has mentioned them. Not when Fox News has mentioned them. Not when CNN has mentioned them. Not when CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, and the Associated Press have mentioned them. You would have to have your head buried in a lump of concrete to have been on the web for that long and never have at least HEARD somebody refer to Slashdot. |
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
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You're being ridiculous, now. Of course it's possible. Hell, it's even probable. So what that news agencies have mentioned them? They mention millions of things a year. Not everything sticks, not everyone sees them. Slashdot is a niche thing that you can't expect EVERYONE to have heard of. It's a freakin' website, one out of MILLIONS out there. It becomes especially unnoticeable if you simply don't give a rat's butt about such things.
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je_saist thinks we're all dumb: Keep telling yourself that. The analogy sticks. There just ain't no way that anybody could have been on the Internet for 5 years (forum join date 2005) and NOT have heard of Slashdot. Not when New York Times has mentioned them. Not when Fox News has mentioned them. Not when CNN has mentioned them. Not when CBS, NBC, ABC, Reuters, and the Associated Press have mentioned them. You would have to have your head buried in a lump of concrete to have been on the web for that long and never have at least HEARD somebody refer to Slashdot. |
Dec out.
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I would guess far more people know about 4chan than Slashdot merely because hives of scum and villainy tend to get more notice. |
tanstaafl goes there: I'd say slashdot is as well known as 4chan, that is well known by the people who frequent it and yet another internet meme that might be known a little bit to everyone else. |
Dec out.
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Also, 4chan does things like rickroll baseball games (and invent rickrolling in the first place). Slashdot... posts things.
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Originally Posted by Decorum
I would guess far more people know about 4chan than Slashdot merely because hives of scum and villainy tend to get more notice.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
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I wish to commemorate you on your answer, you definitely remembered that funny is fundamental |
Originally Posted by BigBlueMachine
My wickedly cool manual only took filling out the rebate card form found inside the box, then filling out 21 surveys,dodging a 3 hour wide phone call with Comcast, and only one measly pint of blood to AT&T to get. Heck, if I keep on sending them fresh droplets, they've promised me more pages.I've been hoping the missing chapters would show me the direction to all the really cool pages where they haven't even made it to 5 digit userIDtags.
As for the people in the line I guess it would depend on which store and time of the day, everyone knows the average internet power user can't stand in direct sunlight for too long with out suffering massive personal debuffs. |
I do have a small knit pick with what you have called the average internet user. I believe you have that person confused with the average internet abuser.
I've never heard of 4chan!
When I saw it being mentioned in this thread, at first, I thought it might be a British television channel.
Don't worry... doesn't sound like something I'd care to be familiar with. 
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
That's sort of like going into a computer store and asking who Microsoft is.
Microsoft created windows which is what the vast majority of Non-Apple PCs use for their OS. Before Windows it was DOS, which while not created by microsoft, was bought and distributed by microsoft with the microsoft name attached to it.
Even if their OS wasn't on millions of computers around the world, they still make a ton of other software products like Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, etc that run on Windows and Mac at this point.
So really if you are even a little bit computer literate you almost have to have heard of microsoft in one way or another. Through advertising or the facts that it's hard to imagine a computer, even an Apple computer at this point, with no microsoft products on it.
On the other hand, Slashdot doesn't advertise nearly as much, hasn't been around as long and they don't make OS's or other software. Their just an internet site and unless you've heard of it so you know to go to it, there is really no reason you'd just bump into it without some one telling you about it.
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