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Slashdot Design Changes for Wider Appeal

Posted by CmdrTaco on Fri Mar 31, 2006 07:24 PM
from the omg-i-heart-ponies-lol dept.

Our marketing department has done extensive research over the last 3 quarters and discovered that our audience is strangely disproportionately skewed towards males. Like, 98.3% males to be precise. To correct this oversight, we have decided to subtly tweak Slashdot's design and content to widen our appeal to these less active demographics. Don't worry! We'll still continue to serve our core audience, but we hope you'll work with us as we try to find a balance that will work for all.

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Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

by erick99 (743982) <homerun@gmail.com> on Friday March 31 2006, @07:25PM (#15038542) Homepage

I can definitely feel myself getting in touch with my inner....oh, never mind...
- Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by hirnfurz (640803) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:29PM (#15038634)
  
  At first I thought I misclicked, got to a porn site and started looking around in case anybody was watching me. But then I remembered: the porn site was blue...
  
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  - Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by Tibor the Hun (143056) on Friday March 31 2006, @09:23PM (#15039462)
    
    hmm. i will download and take a look.
    
    Parent
- Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Clived (106409) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:43PM (#15038809) Homepage
  
  Hey folks
  
  Been on /. like 8 years. An old fogey (57 yr old). Love it here, am very sensitive to the younger female crowd, got lots of young chic buddies ... but the PINK
  
  Gawd, guys .. Please .. any color but pink.
  
  my two bits
  
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  - Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by DigitalDren (965074) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:59PM (#15038942)
    
    Its not PINK, its Lightish Red.
    
    Parent
    - Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
      
      by kcb93x (562075) <kcbnac@NOSpam.bnac.biz> on Friday March 31 2006, @09:02PM (#15039359) Homepage
      
      Guess what: they already have a color for lightish red. You know what it's called? Pink.
      
      Parent
  - Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by TopShelf (92521) on Friday March 31 2006, @09:18PM (#15039425) Homepage Journal
    
    two bits... wow, that IS old school! My first computer had an 8-bit processor, and that was back in 1979...
    
    Parent
- Oh yeah? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Locke2005 (849178) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:29PM (#15039161)
  
  Well, I'm gonna find your inner child and kick its little ass!
  
  Parent
- Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 31 2006, @09:40PM (#15039554)
  
  Should it not say "pwnies"?
  
  (...It's still March 31st here, gimme a break...)
  
  Parent
- - - au contraire! (Score:5, Informative)
      
      by Phil Urich (841393) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:35PM (#15039209) Journal
      
      I'm pretty sure it's because tomorrow is apr1. I think someone sent this out early.
      
      Oh, you silly North American-centric person . . . yeah, okay, I was a bit confused for a second myself, but just think in GMT/UCT and everything makes sense.
      
      Parent
- - - Re:Aprli 1st? Slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)
      
      by Mr Z (6791) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:55PM (#15039318) Homepage Journal
      
      As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I caught that morning, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint.
      
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- - Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by doubledoh (864468) on Friday March 31 2006, @09:18PM (#15039431) Homepage
    
    Actually, I like, totally LOVE it! Pink is the new green. Like, welcome to 2006...HELLO!
    
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OMG! (Score:5, Funny)

by American AC in Paris (230456) * on Friday March 31 2006, @07:25PM (#15038549) Homepage

This. Is. Sooo awesome!
You guys are totally invited to my sleepover.
We're gonna talk about servers, and soldering irons, and building your own computer, and cameraphones, and open source software, and
OH! oh oh oh!
I heard that Linus and Richard might try to sneak in! They're sooooo cute! *SQueaL!*
*giggle*
- Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Pantero Blanco (792776) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:30PM (#15038646)
  
  "I heard that Linus and Richard might try to sneak in! They're sooooo cute! *SQueaL!*"
  Oh, but Mitnick has that adorable bad boy thing going on!
  
  Parent
- Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by tabby (592506) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:32PM (#15038675) Homepage
  
  and we can have vi vs emacs pillow fights!
  
  I am so there.
  
  Parent
- Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by just-a-stone (766843) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:37PM (#15038746)
  
  damn, i'll miss the please date me, urgently modding option more than ever.
  
  Parent
- Re:OMG! (Score:5, Insightful)
  
  by Pharmboy (216950) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:47PM (#15038836) Journal
  
  I heard that Linus and Richard might try to sneak in! They're sooooo cute! *SQueaL!*
  
  Have you seen "Richard"? [google.com]
  
  Don't get me wrong, we owe RMS for the GPL and more, but you have to admit, he looks Jerry Garcia after an all nighter.
  
  Parent
- - Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)
    
    by woozlewuzzle (532172) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:18PM (#15039064)
    
    Those aren't pillows!!!
    
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Where's the pr0n? (Score:5, Insightful)

by chill (34294) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:26PM (#15038555) Homepage Journal

If they are 98.3% skewed towards males, where is all the front page pr0n?
- Re:Where's the pr0n? (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Pharmboy (216950) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:00PM (#15038947) Journal
  
  Slashdot is what you keep loaded in the OTHER tab, in case the wife walks in and you are looking at pron.
  
  You just switch tabs right quick, so she sees you are looking at Slashdot, which guarantees she will not have any interest in looking at the computer screen any futher. She won't even notice the other tab with the "Want to play tonight?" title.
  
  Unless of course Slashdot has a pink ponies theme, which will actual pique her interest. Bastards.
  
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Hmm (Score:5, Funny)

by Shawn Parr (712602) <parr.shawnparr@com> on Friday March 31 2006, @07:26PM (#15038560) Homepage Journal

As strange as it feels looking at this, it still is better looking than the IT color scheme... ;)
- Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by identity0 (77976) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:56PM (#15038914) Journal
  
  ... and slightly less gay than the Apple color scheme.
  
  But we need more than just a color scheme to get in touch with our femine side - I suggest new mod options.
  
  "+1 Hug!"
  "+1 You GO, Girl!"
  "+1 Uh huh, I know what you're going through"
  "+1 Oh, really like that shirt, where did you get it?"
  "+1 My boyfriend does that too! Men are such pigs!"
  
  "-1 Talk to the mod, the user ain't listening"
  "-1 WhatEVER!"
  "-1 Oh sorry, I have to go paint my nails now"
  
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- OMG!!! Pink!!! (Score:5, Interesting)
  
  by Jesus_666 (702802) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:00PM (#15038953)
  
  It is necessary that this style stays available, even though it's not normally active. Then the Slashdotter [mozilla.org] extension needs to get it as an option. This needs to stay for the sheer WTF value when you switch the style to pink. Especially when you do it with (or rather to?) someone else's Fx profile.
  
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I say... (Score:5, Funny)

by RingDev (879105) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:26PM (#15038568) Homepage Journal

F' the other 1.7%

-Rick
- Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by CAIMLAS (41445) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:31PM (#15038664) Homepage
  
  F' the other 1.7%
  
  I'm trying, I'm trying!
  
  Parent
- Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by !IH (33751) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:33PM (#15038691)
  
  F' the other 1.7%
  We should be so lucky!
  
  Parent
- Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by evil agent (918566) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:49PM (#15038862)
  
  That's gonna be tough if they catch us going to pink colored websites...
  
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Huzzah! (Score:5, Funny)

by Sneftel (15416) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:27PM (#15038583)

Huh. I suddenly have this urge to collect all the Slashdot Dream-House Playsets, each sold separately.
WFT are you guys talking about? (Score:5, Funny)

by tak amalak (55584) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:27PM (#15038589)

I think I need to upgrade from this grayscale monitor.
ah well (Score:5, Funny)

by Umbral Blot (737704) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:28PM (#15038601) Homepage

I was more amused when there was no official explanation and we were all going "WTF WTF!". I mean with no explanation some of us were forming complex theories involving girls raised to be hackers by their evil masters, barbie, who have trained to seek out and destroy geek culture starting with slashdot.
I'm just waiting (Score:5, Funny)

by MechaShiva (872964) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:28PM (#15038605)

I can't wait for them to publish the other extreme with the "OMG!!! Titties!" theme.
The law of unintended consequences. (Score:5, Funny)

by bluephone (200451) <grey@burntelectro[ ]org ['ns.' in gap]> on Friday March 31 2006, @07:33PM (#15038677) Homepage Journal

So, now we'll have a site full of 30 year old male geeks who have never been on a date, and 13 year old girls. I forsee a period of thousands of "hookups" being made, followed by herds of Feds swarming Ann Arbor shortly thereafter.

So... ...

ASL?
I for one, salute our new female ... umm ... (Score:5, Funny)

by WillAffleckUW (858324) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:34PM (#15038700) Homepage Journal

I'm sorry, I was distracted.

No, it's ok, I think I'll remain seated if you don't mind, ma'am.
My wife reaction is NOT positive... (Score:5, Funny)

by SysKoll (48967) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:34PM (#15038708)

I field tested the new design on my techie, smart wife, and she said "if this is how they expect to attract women, no wonder most of their readers are home alone jerking off".
So, I think you should add a couple of unicorns. Mad science! Robots! Underwear! Cute girls! Full comic online! http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ [girlgeniusonline.com]
- My wife is NOT positive... (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by TiggertheMad (556308) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:11PM (#15039023) Homepage Journal
  
  I field tested the new design on my techie, smart wife, and she said "if this is how they expect to attract women, no wonder most of their readers are home alone jerking off".
  
  ...and her reaction confirms that she really is a girl techie. She's bitter, surly, and hostile to men.
  
  *ducks*
  
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This will teach you to complain! (Score:5, Insightful)

by supremebob (574732) <themejunkyNO@SPAMgeocities.com> on Friday March 31 2006, @07:34PM (#15038710) Journal

People have been whining for years that Slashdot should redesign their home page. After seeing THIS, however, I think that a lot of people will know to keep their mouths shut rather than face the evil wrath of Slashdot's "alternative" design team again :)
- Re:This will teach you to complain! (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by LiquidCoooled (634315) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:46PM (#15038834) Homepage Journal
  
  I think it should be an automatic thing.
  
  If somebody becomes a fulltime troll, their stylesheet is permanently locked to "omg ponies".
  
  Parent
This is no joking matter (Score:5, Funny)

by moochfish (822730) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:42PM (#15038800)

So many commments, and yet not a single one is modded as insightful or interesting. You know it's April Fools Day.
This may be a good thing (Score:5, Funny)

by Gnpatton (796694) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:48PM (#15038851)

This may be a good thing, most of the site has become compleatly illegible.
Slashdot Mountain? (Score:5, Funny)

by UnCivil Liberty (786163) * on Friday March 31 2006, @07:58PM (#15038939)

Come on, CowboyNeal, it's a dead give away.

"I wish I knew how to quit you!"
So, what changed other than the logo? (Score:5, Funny)

by thedave (79572) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:22PM (#15039089)

My preferences were set to simple, low bandwidth, and no icons. So, I had no idea what all the fuss was about.

But, I turned it all back on, and

<SQUEAL> OMG I LUV IT! </SQUEAL>

I'm telling all my girlfriends to do their site just like this. It is so t3h cuteness!

XOXOXOXOXO

Friends 4-Ever!
It's soooo special, I almost cried.

Actually, I am crying.

And a little nauseous.
Web Developer plugin kicks ass! Just turn off fool (Score:5, Insightful)

by MCRocker (461060) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:27PM (#15039126) Homepage

I love the Web Developer plugin [chrispederick.com] for the Mozilla browsers like Firefox. When it's installed, it's trivially easy to select the CSS drop down menu, the select the Disable Styles - Individual Styles and uncheck slashdot_fool.css. The pink goes away just like that. I'm sure there are other ways to do that, but this was just so cool that I had to share. Though, I guess that using the Edit CSS sidebar is even more cool because you can see the colours change AS YOU TYPE in the CSS window.
First viewed from wife's account (Score:5, Funny)

by jdavidb (449077) * on Friday March 31 2006, @08:52PM (#15039300) Homepage Journal

I just happened to sit down at my wife's computer and check Slashdot. The wife just recently got her own account (yes, I am lucky) ... and when I saw this I freaked! Simultaneously thought "cool, there's some kind of customizing," and "what in the world prompted her to spend the time to do this ... and ... hey ... she wouldn't say "ponies" ... what gives?"
So this is why they finally switched to CSS (Score:5, Funny)

by dagnabit (89294) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:57PM (#15039330) Homepage

This gag has obviously been a _long_ time in the planning - an entire site redesign just to pull the ol' April Fool's Website Theme Change Switcheroo... nice!
- Re:Sir, I believe you have made a mistake (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by MBCook (132727) <foobarsoft@foobarsoft.com> on Friday March 31 2006, @07:34PM (#15038704) Homepage
  
  They're changing that too.
  All hail mother England!
  
  Parent
- Re:Dupe (Score:5, Interesting)
  
  by mjbkinx (800231) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:51PM (#15038871)
  
  From tomorrow? Is it April fools anywhere in the world yet?
  Try date -u and you will see that it is in fact April Fool's Day.
  Note that April Fool's Day, as defined by the International April Pranksters Association, goes by UTC, not by local time zones. Because IAPA is not widely recognized as an international standards body and many people's problems to understand time zones, this has led to some problems since its introduction in 2002. It is especially uncertain for regional publications, which are reluctant to adopt the new standard because they fear to irritate their audience.
  One example is the Hubsborough Gazette, which famously spread confusion on the evening of March 31st, 2004 (EST) when an article claiming that aliens have attacked the Whitehouse appeared on their website. Despite the seemingly obvious nature of the hoax, many believed it and called the authorities or local clergery for guidance. One family even is reported to have spent two weeks in their backyard bunker. Since then, the editor has announced that they will only publish April Fool's articles during the hours when April 1st of their local time zone and UTC overlap, and take down articles afterwards. Many publications have followed their example in the following years.
  Slashdot, which serves an international audience, of course sticks to the IAPA standard -- maybe in a (presumably failed) attempt to beat Digg at least once a year.
  
  Parent
  - Re:Dupe (Score:5, Insightful)
    
    by Donniedarkness (895066) <Donniedarkness@gmai l . c om> on Friday March 31 2006, @08:53PM (#15039305) Homepage
    
    Congradulations-- you made the only "informative" post on slashdot today...
    Except for, possibly, mine. I wonder if this counts as "insightful".... oh well, fuck it.
    I'm a pretty purple pony, flippity-flop, flippity-flop, such a pretty pony, flippity-flop, flippity-flop. I like to have my hair brushed, flippity-flop, flippity-flop...
    
    Parent
- Re:Dupe (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by UniverseIsADoughnut (170909) on Friday March 31 2006, @08:11PM (#15039025)
  
  In Soviet Russia March 31st April 1st You.
  
  (its a silly thread, lame old jokes are allowed)
  
  Parent
- - Re:Dupe (Score:5, Insightful)
    
    by L7_ (645377) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:45PM (#15038825)
    
    they just want to show off thier (recent) css :x
    
    Parent
- Watch out! (Score:5, Funny)
  
  by Locke2005 (849178) on Friday March 31 2006, @07:49PM (#15038856)
  
  I beleive "loving ponies" is still a crime in all 50 states... better make sure you don't get caught!
  
  Parent

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Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

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Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

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Oh yeah? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

au contraire! (Score:5, Informative)

Re:Aprli 1st? Slashdot? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Never mind (Score:5, Funny)

OMG! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:OMG! (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:OMG! (Score:5, Funny)

Where's the pr0n? (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:Where's the pr0n? (Score:5, Funny)

Hmm (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Hmm (Score:5, Funny)

OMG!!! Pink!!! (Score:5, Interesting)

I say... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:I say... (Score:5, Funny)

Huzzah! (Score:5, Funny)

WFT are you guys talking about? (Score:5, Funny)

ah well (Score:5, Funny)

I'm just waiting (Score:5, Funny)

The law of unintended consequences. (Score:5, Funny)

I for one, salute our new female ... umm ... (Score:5, Funny)

My wife reaction is NOT positive... (Score:5, Funny)

My wife is NOT positive... (Score:5, Funny)

This will teach you to complain! (Score:5, Insightful)

Re:This will teach you to complain! (Score:5, Funny)

This is no joking matter (Score:5, Funny)

This may be a good thing (Score:5, Funny)

Slashdot Mountain? (Score:5, Funny)

So, what changed other than the logo? (Score:5, Funny)

Web Developer plugin kicks ass! Just turn off fool (Score:5, Insightful)

First viewed from wife's account (Score:5, Funny)

So this is why they finally switched to CSS (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sir, I believe you have made a mistake (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Dupe (Score:5, Interesting)

Re:Dupe (Score:5, Insightful)

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