Slashdot hates Ron Paul?

[jasonuher]

A few days ago we posted a story for you to discuss the best presidential candidates for Super Tuesday, but I figured it would be an interesting idea to try that again, but split the discussion into 2 halves. This is the Republican half- please only discuss the republican candidates in this story. Huckabee, McCain, and Romney only.

http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/04/1421245&from=rss

 

[jblosser]

Pretty much all the internet people that are into Ron Paul are by now way too busy to be on slashdot. It's just the trolls and do-nothing green whiners at this point.

 

[btwilli1]

Yeah I was a daily /. reader and I haven't even read it since December.

 

[HazardPerry]

I noticed that as well -- really weird. Might just be trying to get a rise out of the users though

 

[Danny Molina]

Well look at the tags associated with Ron Paul.

Best Presidential Candidate for Nerds?
Best Presidential Candidate, Republicans
Ron Paul Spam Traced to Reactor Botnet
Presidential Candidates and Online Privacy
NYT Notes Flaws In Current Electronic Voting Methods
The History of the Federal Reserve

 

[szczebrzeszyn]

I think they did that on purpose (but different than hatred)

 

[jblosser]

Heads up, there is a /. interview incoming, probably in the next 24 hours (unless they quash it).

 

[Matt Collins]

Yeah I was a daily /. reader and I haven't even read it since December.

Yes me too, but it's because of the campaign consuming all of my time.

 

[blakjak]

I was a daily reader as well and stopped about 2 years ago. I really haven't missed it.

 

[tonyr1988]

I'm still a big /. reader

I'm pretty sure it was done out of humor, since everyone that reads /. already knows about Paul. It'd be like saying "the 3 guys left in the race...plus Paul" around here.

 

[jarofclay]

yeah it was a joke CmdrTaco is a fan (AFAIK).

 

[eekamouse]

I noticed that as well -- really weird. Might just be trying to get a rise out of the users though

I think that's exactly right. Look at who the OP is. He's known for his "tongue-in-cheek".

 

[jblosser]

The interview is up, they don't like that the answers were too direct and brief, the comments could use some love.

 

[billjarrett]

The interview is up, they don't like that the answers were too direct and brief, the comments could use some love.

Problem with this is we need people with existing slashdot accounts. Slashdot shows the user id number with the post, and if a small army of new users showed up and started "giving the comments love" it would be very obvious. They pay attention to the user numbers there.

 

[jblosser]

I am /. user 7536, don't worry about that. I'm not asking for new trolls which is why I didn't post the link.