Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot
by MattGrommes on Thursday October 05, 2017 @12:11PM
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Slashdot user #578 here. :) Besides pre-web stuff like Usenet and BBS boards /. was the first place I really felt like part of a community. I still remember fondly the times that stuff I submitted made it to the front page (like the story announcing the title of Star Wars Episode 1), like I was now "famous" with a bunch of people I really wanted to impress. Like most of us, I drifted away a long time ago but I'm always happy to see people in new communities who were around back then. Happy Birthday /. and thanks for all the grits!
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User #527 here. I sold my username (iota) on eBay for $150, back when your slashdot user number still meant something. I've always wondered what the buyer was up to, it was funny at the time to think of "selling" something that didn't exist. I guess it's commonplace now
Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot
by flachsechs on Thursday October 05, 2017 @09:49PM
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came here looking for a story like this. i had a 2-digit id that i coincidentally sold for exactly $150 on ebay also. college beer money. don't regret it at all.
cmdrtaco announced his site on irc and i happened to see it in the first few days.
Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot
by hyperbovine on Thursday October 05, 2017 @11:15PM
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I remember /. before user reg even existed. There was some buildup to it finally being released, I recall. I signed on within an hour of it going live and though it was all pointless. Guess that's why I wound up with a 4-digit uid instead of a 2-digit one :)
I had (and I guess still have) user id #10, which for a few years conveyed a minor amount of Internet cred. I should have sold out in 2005 and retired to a country with an extremely low cost of living.
Re:A Pre-History of Slashdot
by gm-conspiracy on Thursday October 05, 2017 @02:21PM
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Imagine a beowulf cluster of grits?
Imagine a beowulf cluster of hot grits and Natalie Portman
I don't know how GNAA would feel about that...
Like most of us, I drifted away a long time ago
I just checked and was shocked I remembered my password there.
Wow, good memory, assuming your username, boasting of your new high speed acoustic coupler modem, is any indication of when you registered your account :-)
Turbo button.
Yeah, I recall reading stuff there 'back in the day' and it was pretty cool. I tried to find my old account, but couldn't :-/ I did find a few stories I sent in in 1998.