this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Slashdot was great and then I remember after DICE bought them they lost originality and the comments were just people meta complaining. Same feeling as you about the ethos change. Felt greasy at the end of my time there.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

enshittification

ThinkGeek use to be great. Still have the titanium spork I got from them for conventions and the "if you're not part of the solution you're part of the precipitate" tshirt.