Meaning of Slashdotter | Babel Free

Definitions

A user of the social news website Slashdot.

Internet

Examples

“On the popular hacker hangout Slashdot.com, wags stoke rumors that a “major software company” will soon offer free software—embedded with advertising. “Sounds like a nightmare waiting to be rebelled against,” says one poster, “NatePuri.” Fellow Slashdotter “el_flynn” doesn’t mind, “as long as there is an option to disable it.””

“[…]unlike the iVillage audience, Slashdotters usually respect serious questions.”

“According to one Slashdotter, Google solves all kinds of problems for society and provides most of its services for free, which prompts users to overlook Google’s infringements of privacy in order to target their ads and keeps them from hating Google.”

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