Slashdot
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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
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- slashdot.org
- Motto
- News for nerds, stuff that matters
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- inception
- 1997-09-01
- Commons category
- Slashdot
- Alexa rank
- 5249
- search formatter URL
- slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=$1
- social media followers
- 664000
- FAQ URL
- slashdot.org/faq
- terms of service URL
- slashdotmedia.com/terms-of-use
- privacy policy URL
- slashdotmedia.com/privacy-statement
- web feed URL
- rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdotMain
- native label
- Slashdot
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16 sectionsContents
- History
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- Administration
- Team
- Software
- Peer moderation
- Features
- Tags
- Culture
- Traffic and publicity
- Deterioration
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
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.