Re:MIT at center of political power play over campus fusion ...
by pasbesoin on Sunday June 08, 2014 @03:30PM
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> Soulskill posted more than 2 years ago | from the and-are-awesome dept.
I see that you noted this, as well. I hope Slashdot will reverse this. Some older posts are still very useful and relevant; however, knowing their context including timing is an important part of this.
Slashdot used to cater to "technical people", i.e. people who can cope with dated material that is older than e.g. "last week", and that is still specific -- some of us still remember calendars more than a year old and what was happening at specific times of those years.
I hope that is not changing. Such a change is not the kind of "social" that I want...
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P.S. From the non-beta version of the site:
> Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @10:52AM
I see that you noted this, as well. I hope Slashdot will reverse this. Some older posts are still very useful and relevant; however, knowing their context including timing is an important part of this.
Slashdot used to cater to "technical people", i.e. people who can cope with dated material that is older than e.g. "last week", and that is still specific -- some of us still remember calendars more than a year old and what was happening at specific times of those years.
I hope that is not changing. Such a change is not the kind of "social" that I want...
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P.S. From the non-beta version of the site:
> Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @10:52AM