Ask HN: Did the Slashdot crowd from the late 90s and early 2000s migrate to HN?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23514820

by raybon • 6 years ago

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Reified• 6 years ago

Maybe via Digg first? There was an old article from 2005

Digg Just Might Bury Slashdot https://www.wired.com/2005/11/digg-just-might-bury-slashdot/

"Digg's status as the new Slashdot is further enhanced by digg vs dot, a comparison project that finds diggers are usually first to the punch, though users of each site often submit identical stories."

iseanstevens• 6 years ago

Not sure about migrate exactly, but this definitely feels like early Slashdot in that it is “for love and celebration of curiosity” as opposed to trying to maximize page views. HN being sort of a side effect of YC helps insure it doesn’t commercialize into Something like Hack-a-day (no disrespect, it’s still a good site). Thanks to Dang and everyone that makes this community what it is.

Ask HN: Did the Slashdot crowd from the late 90s and early 2000s migrate to HN?

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