That was my first reaction on seeing this. I thought I'd have a look to see what April Fool jokes are on Slashdot, saw this and thought how pathetic it was.
Used to be funnier and well thought out and silly, but now it's just comedy by committee, with all kinds of notes from the network executives. .
Where's the pink pages? Where's the OMG ponies? Where's the cuteness of fvcking with the CSS and some actual intelligence behind an April Fool's day joke? :>(
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It's kind of like letting the pointy-haired bosses write a comedy script by committee, zat's what you get with the new/., eh?
April Fools on Slashdot is always lame because it's overdone and *every* story is part of it. There's real news today and it's just going to be ignored (Bitcoin just made $100 for example). It's a shame because if Slashdot raised its aim just a little, it could be back to its old glory. Instead, it is happy to ride the inertia into the ground.
Just adding my voice to the "this is shit" side of the argument. Okay, so by next week it'll be fine on the website because I'm logged in, but if my RSS reader still shows ROT13ed content then I'm probably not going to bother coming back. Seriously, what muppet came up with this idea and thought it was a good one?
Just adding my voice to the "this is shit" side of the argument. Okay, so by next week it'll be fine on the website because I'm logged in, but if my RSS reader still shows ROT13ed content then I'm probably not going to bother coming back. Seriously, what muppet came up with this idea and thought it was a good one?
You're posting as though you think the idea is (a) serious and (b) permanent.
..yeah I realised soon after I posted, but the reason was that I was reading an article on the 2nd of April that was itself posted on the 2nd of April that still had a ROTed summary. And it wasn't funny in the first place!
If this was Xmas I'd be saying "bah! humbug!";)
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Lame. This is pretty lame even by Slashdot standards.
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Luckily you posted here to save everybody else from the cleverness of the joke.
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Isn't that on a par with saving them from the ravenous jaws of an attacking hedgehog?
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comedy by committee = non-comedy (Score:5, Insightful)
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Where's the pink pages? Where's the OMG ponies? Where's the cuteness of fvcking with the CSS and some actual intelligence behind an April Fool's day joke?
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April Fools on Slashdot is always lame because it's overdone and *every* story is part of it. There's real news today and it's just going to be ignored (Bitcoin just made $100 for example). It's a shame because if Slashdot raised its aim just a little, it could be back to its old glory. Instead, it is happy to ride the inertia into the ground.
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Just adding my voice to the "this is shit" side of the argument. Okay, so by next week it'll be fine on the website because I'm logged in, but if my RSS reader still shows ROT13ed content then I'm probably not going to bother coming back. Seriously, what muppet came up with this idea and thought it was a good one?
You're posting as though you think the idea is (a) serious and (b) permanent.
It's a crappy April Fool's joke.
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If this was Xmas I'd be saying "bah! humbug!"