eclipxe@beehaw.org to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year agoSlashdot -> Fark -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmymessage-squaremessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1303arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squarelhx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere was another change in control of it in the early oughts I thought. Maybe not ownership but whomever was running the site changed.
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere were a whole bunch of mergers & acquisitions. Wikipedia has the whole sordid history. For me, it jumped the shark around the time of the 2004 “OMG Ponies!” April Fools prank, which came across as nerd boys making fun of women in tech.
minus-squarelhx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI seem to remember how short sighted that was.
minus-squarelhx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThe bashing-women-in-tech part. Sure, they intended it as parody; but, considering the condescension towards women that was already running rampant on Slashdot, it was in poor taste.
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoOh. Yes, exactly, that’s what squicked me about it.
minus-squarelhx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou just taught me a new word! (Squick)
There was another change in control of it in the early oughts I thought. Maybe not ownership but whomever was running the site changed.
There were a whole bunch of mergers & acquisitions. Wikipedia has the whole sordid history.
For me, it jumped the shark around the time of the 2004 “OMG Ponies!” April Fools prank, which came across as nerd boys making fun of women in tech.
I seem to remember how short sighted that was.
Which part?
The bashing-women-in-tech part. Sure, they intended it as parody; but, considering the condescension towards women that was already running rampant on Slashdot, it was in poor taste.
Oh. Yes, exactly, that’s what squicked me about it.
You just taught me a new word! (Squick)