You know slashdot site, the site of "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters". One of my prefered sites on the web. I check it often. Today, Rob Malda, the creator of Slashdot wrote an article entitled "On the Matter of Slashdot Story Selection" in a response to users that accuse Slashdot Editors of being in cahoots with scam artists.

The problem as he explains:
I might have a URL in the bin worth sharing. Something a half a million of you might enjoy. But because a user with a "Reputation" submitted it, I know that posting it will spawn a giant forum cesspool. I could strip attribution and take away incentive for a user to submit. Or just throw away the article and forget it. Or I could post the story and watch as half of the discussion is simply about the submitter and not the URL that i wanted to share in the first place.

Damned if I do, damned if I don't, right? I'm seriously looking for feedback here. What should I do with a good submission from a reader with a reputation?


And he got feedbacks, 929 comments on the article.

To see where the story ended, check the article at slashdot.