I work for a public relations company that deals with large clients (can't say who) and I welcome this change. It should bring more interesting discussions to Slashdot. Those "omg astroturfer" guys heads are going to implode.:)
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday December 07, 2011 @10:57AM (#38290778)
We know one of those clients is Microsoft; no need to be coy. We've been having interesting discussions for a while now; this appears to be "slashvertisement" which few here who are not being paid to direct the discussion would support. This is supposed to be an intelligent community-driven news site.
Slashdot editors: if you need to do a funding drive a la Wikipedia, you will find strong community support. You should be doing everything you can to promote that sense of shared community, and find ways to reward us for showing up. Nothing will kill this site faster than inviting corporate interests to the discussion; the anti-corporate bias on this site extends to you, too.
I for one welcome this change with open hands (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:I for one welcome this change with open hands (Score:2, Insightful)
We know one of those clients is Microsoft; no need to be coy. We've been having interesting discussions for a while now; this appears to be "slashvertisement" which few here who are not being paid to direct the discussion would support. This is supposed to be an intelligent community-driven news site.
Slashdot editors: if you need to do a funding drive a la Wikipedia, you will find strong community support. You should be doing everything you can to promote that sense of shared community, and find ways to reward us for showing up. Nothing will kill this site faster than inviting corporate interests to the discussion; the anti-corporate bias on this site extends to you, too.