Slashdot, just when I love you, you always find a way to make me sad.
Published by Kyso Kisaen March 8th, 2007 in Punkass!, What Patriarchy?, Cock!This, in it’s entirety, is slashdot’s coverage of the AutoAdmit festival of assholes:
“Today’s Washington Post carries a front-page article on the internet message board AutoAdmit (a.k.a. Xoxohth), which proclaims itself the “most prestigious law school discussion board in the world.” The message board has recently come under fire for emphasizing a free speech policy that allows its users to discuss, criticize, and attack other law students and lawyers by name. Is this an example of free speech and anonymity gone too far, or is internet trolling just a necessary side effect of a policy that otherwise promotes insightful discussion of the legal community?”
Nowhere does it explain what the hell really went on, and the comments have of course turned into a wankfest about which guy can out-wonk the others about the finer details of libel law. I hope none of them actually read the article, because there is nary a mention of sexual harassment or cyber-stalking to be found, and I’d hate to think that even regular /. commenters could ignore that.
I wrote an Anonymous Coward comment that linked to Jill’s piece, but it got lost somewhere and it may or may not ever see the light of day.
EDITED almost immediately to add: Thank god someone whose comments actually go through got it. My faith in humanity is somewhat restored.
Slashdot moderation doesn’t work like you think it does. Comments don’t get deleted; they just get moderated. Anonymous comments start at a score of 0, logged-in users at 1, and users who’ve been there for a while at 2. Different people read Slashdot at different thresholds; a higher-rated comment is more likely to be read, but I don’t think your comment went through at all, as it’s not even visible at the lowest level.
However, there’s a score-5 comment (highest-rated) linking to feministe, so it’s as out-there as it can get.
I understand the modding. However, no one ever looks at the low-modded scores, so if I’m not out of moderation quick, then my post will be lost in the maze as comments go from 30 to 300 in a matter of hours.
Yep, three hours later still not out of moderation. That comment is as good as gone.