If they are paying the editors, then part of the job should include reading the previously featured stories. If they're just donating some of their time, then I would actually say they're doing a pretty good job. (But I'd also say Slashdot should have an economic model that supports paying people for tedious work.)
Don't forget barefoot contessa... I always wondered how she could afford to sit around all day doing nothing collecting various fruits and vegetables from gardens and markets and then have all of her rich friends over for a high class dinner party...
Firehose (I think that's what it's called) posts are moderated before they hit the main site. They can be voted up or down and one of the "down" categories is "dupe". Once a story has passed that hurdle it's too late.
Quite a few stories never show up in the firehose though. And for the stories in the firehose there's no indication that they've led to a homepage story (at least nothing visible to us), so 2 editors may be able to generate homepage stories from the same FH source.
Again? (Score:4, Interesting)
How many of these fugitives are hiding on the Cooking Channel? /s
Well the previous post was on Tuesday:
https://entertainment.slashdot... [slashdot.org]
Wish there was a way to point out dupes...
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Dupes have plagued /. for years.
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Imagine the very first one...repeatedly.
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Dupes have plagued /. for years.
If they are paying the editors, then part of the job should include reading the previously featured stories. If they're just donating some of their time, then I would actually say they're doing a pretty good job. (But I'd also say Slashdot should have an economic model that supports paying people for tedious work.)
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Isn't Mistress Deen known for expertise on prurient uses of butter?
Julia Child was a spy! (Score:2)
She worked for the OSS during the War!
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Don't forget barefoot contessa... I always wondered how she could afford to sit around all day doing nothing collecting various fruits and vegetables from gardens and markets and then have all of her rich friends over for a high class dinner party...
Now I know where all the money comes from.
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Guy Fieri is totally innocent and a great guy, but because of his hair everyone assumes he's the worst of the lot.
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How many of these fugitives are hiding on the Cooking Channel?
About the same number as are posting dupes on /.
Re:Again? (Score:4, Informative)
Firehose (I think that's what it's called) posts are moderated before they hit the main site. They can be voted up or down and one of the "down" categories is "dupe". Once a story has passed that hurdle it's too late.
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Quite a few stories never show up in the firehose though. And for the stories in the firehose there's no indication that they've led to a homepage story (at least nothing visible to us), so 2 editors may be able to generate homepage stories from the same FH source.
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But the first one was by msmash, this one is from BeauHd , the other face of the same bitcoin :D
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How many of these fugitives are hiding on the Cooking Channel?
That depends how many want to communicate with the rest of Ndrangheta. What, you didn't really think those shows were actually about cooking??
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Worse, how is this even a story fit for /. once, let alone twice? How fucking low are the standards on here now?
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Wish there was a way to point out dupes...
There used to be a "dupe" tag, it it still mentioned in the (quite outdated) FAQ [slashdot.org].