Just as a counter, I'll mention that I don't spend nearly the time on Slashdot that I used to. The signal-to-noise ratio has never been great, but lately it seems to have gotten particularly bad (or maybe it's just me). Since the Dice.com buyout the ads have grown increasingly obnoxious, with what appears to be an increase in "slashvertisements" to boot.
I remember in the 90s when I was all day non-stop reading Slashdot news and wandering in the pile of comments. In 2000, it was common for each news posting to have +1200-1500 comments, now is really rare to see such activity.
What are you looking for? Science and technology? Cool startups? Articles on coding? Just a clone of HN, only different?
I have my own list, but each item on the list is a bit specialized (IOW, maybe not of interest to you), and HN keeps me up in general. Maybe listing some specifics can help others point you in the right direction.
For purely technical stuff, I've bookmarked a bunch of domain specific Stack Overflows (and clones). Next: break the HN habit by adding it to /etc/hosts!
Also like Lobsters (lobste.rs), and you can curate your front page there.
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[ 3.4 ms ] story [ 45.6 ms ] threadI have my own list, but each item on the list is a bit specialized (IOW, maybe not of interest to you), and HN keeps me up in general. Maybe listing some specifics can help others point you in the right direction.
Thanks.
Also like Lobsters (lobste.rs), and you can curate your front page there.