[midoridensha]

>(BTW: the comments on HN were much more civil than on Slashdot where the story also got picked up)

Slashdot stopped being a worthwhile place to frequent at least 10 years ago. It's devolved into an utter cesspool, since all the quality people fled for greener pastures ages ago. I recommend ignoring its existence altogether at this point, along with any comments from that site.

[dietrichepp]

I don’t remember the Slashdot comments ever being valuable. It was flooded with troll comments, and once you got past the troll comments, there were low-effort jokes, “first”, etc. Dig through the Internet Archive and you’ll see old Slashdot comments in all their glorious mediocrity.

Or search for “gnaa”, but not if you’re on a corporate network.

[midoridensha]

Maybe I'm wearing rose-tinted glasses, but I remember Slashdot comments being full of highly insightful and informative comments back in the early 2000s.

[leaflets2]

Insightful comments, long ago. Yes wasn't it a bit like HN is today, back that long ago