How can anyone get enough abuse and Astroturf? Yeah, I've gotten tired of posting and reading the comments, but the news is still first rate. Over the last year, I've watched many Slashdot originated stories slowly make their way to larger, more traditional news organizations. The editors do a good job of follow through and they have made a real resource. I'm not going to quit reading it because some people have decided to abuse and destroy it.
At the same time it will be more difficult for malicious groups to swamp many smaller news sites. That's one of the reasons that I like the BRLUG mailing list. Not even Microsoft has the resources to Astroturf every little LUG list. Nor would that be tollerated here. Interestingly enough, I saw a marked decrease in abuse last weekend. I wonder if some troll organization's ISP pulled their plug or if Slashdot killed off a bunch of abusive IPs. The crap crept back in less than three days but things felt more like 1999 for about two days.
