Slashdot has been dying for years due to things like sponsor astroturf reviews and the one-sided use of the site to promote specific political views, etc. Make any technical platform you want, the problem is the people
> one-sided use of the site to promote specific political views
How do you mean? I've not encountered any similar community which isn't also a political echo chamber - unless you're talking about something more specific that I'm unaware of.
Constant, heavily politically slanted editorializing from the editors in a large share of posted stories is not the same as an "echo chamber" defined by the common demographics of a site
How do you mean? I've not encountered any similar community which isn't also a political echo chamber - unless you're talking about something more specific that I'm unaware of.