One huge, amorphous
noise? Yes and no. Yes, there are the
Slashibitionism displays; but one learns to ignore them (and their
FIRST POST! brethren), or - failing that - cloak them. This
nation should be best remembered for its
signal; nestled in that 118K of comments (besides the
wisdom-in-a-haystack) is a link to a great free API you never thought existed. You're dl-ing it now.
Slashdot as Statler and Waldorf? And Anonymous Coward has this knack for getting quoted by the Old New Media.