Historic:The Slashcott

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The Slashcott (boycott) is getting attention

• Show your support for the "Get rid of Beta" crowd by avoiding Slashdot during the week of February 10-17
• Slashcott, Week 2, officially begins Monday, February 17th, 2014 and runs through the 23rd.

A selection of Slashcott/Beta comments from around the web.......

• http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/02/slashdots-new-interface-could-kill-what-keeps-slashdot-relevant/ <=== Nice article by Ars
• http://spallshurgenson.blogspot.com/2014/02/tragedy-of-commons-redesigning-social.html <=== A good summary of the situation
• https://community.republicwireless.com/thread/23151 <== "How not to treat your community"
• http://www.tidbitsfortechs.com/2014/02/biting-hand-feeds-less-boycotting-slashdot-org-1-week
• http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/442346-trouble-at-slashdot
• http://beta.slashdot.org/submission/3326505 <== "The Individual Midnight Thread"