OSNews Suffered a Data Breach Last Month; Seeks Financial Help to Survive

Re:OSNews Suffered a Data Breach Last Month; Seeks Financial... by jonhohle on Thursday January 03, 2019 @05:01PM (#18819738)

OSNews was one of my favorite sites when Eugenia Loli was managing editor. My perception at the time was she had a true interest in all aspects of computing and posted stories without over-editorializing making it a great resource for all of the upstart OSes at the time - ReactOS, Linux, BSDs, Darwin, QNX, BeOS, Maemo, SkyOS, MorphOS, Plan 9, etc. There seemed to be multiple stories a day, singularly focused on OS topics, and not general software as it later transitioned to.

I tried to stick around when Thom took over, but the stories became much more opinionated, the content less diverse, and the community more hostile to ideas not shared by the most vocal of commenters.

I've only visited a few times a year since then, but I'm always glad it's there, though it has never captured the spirit of all those years ago.

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Re:OSNews Suffered a Data Breach Last Month; Seeks Financial... by O1111OOO on Thursday January 03, 2019 @07:30PM (#18820857)

> the stories became much more opinionated

Opinionated with lots of personal political commentary and activism. I really just wanted "OS News" and not be pulled into emotional political drama at a tech site. I can get that in a gazillion other places.

I tried to delete my account about a year ago but there was no option I could see. A couple of weeks ago, I tried to sign in and noticed (I should have noticed earlier but I rarely visited) that the site was unsecured http (even at the login level).

Oh well... another site hacked with my fake & useless credentials.

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Re:OSNews Suffered a Data Breach Last Month; Seeks Financial... by adrianlmm on Thursday January 03, 2019 @07:02PM (#18820677)

>but the stories became much more opinionated

same here, OSNews become Thom's personal blog, and I left the site permanetly after he went full SJW in the gamergate days.

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Re:OSNews Suffered a Data Breach Last Month; Seeks Financial... by agumonkey on Thursday January 03, 2019 @07:06PM (#18820703)

strange how things change, not many websites stay the same, even arstechnica which was one of the best became more and more mainstream and spammy

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