Slashdot

Also known as /., slashdot.org

Slashdot (sometimes abbreviated as /.) is a social news website that originally billed itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters". It features news stories on science, technology, and politics that are submitted and evaluated by site users and editors. Each story has a comments section where users can add online comments. Slashdot also offers a business software comparison directory with over 100,000 software products.

Key facts

Website.name: Slashdot /.)
Website.logo: Slashdot logo.png
Website.caption: Screenshot of the Slashdot.org main page
Website.language: English
Website.type: Online newspaperSocial newsB2B software Reviews
Website.registration: Optional
Website.owner: Slashdot Media
Website.author: Rob MaldaJeff Bates
Website.key_people: Logan Abbott (President)
Website.current_status: Online
Website.revenue: Advertisement, optional subscription
Website.programming_language: Perl

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

16 sections

Contents

History
1990s
2000s
2010s
Administration
Team
Software
Peer moderation
Features
Tags
Culture
Traffic and publicity
Deterioration
See also
References
External links

The website was founded in 1997 by Hope College students Rob Malda, also known as "CmdrTaco", and classmate Jeff Bates, also known as "Hemos". In 2012, they sold it to DHI Group, Inc. (i.e., Dice Holdings International, which created the Dice.com website for tech job seekers). In January 2016, BIZX acquired both slashdot.org and SourceForge. In December 2019, BIZX rebranded to Slashdot Media.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slashdot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.