stderr writes: "I used to visit a certain website quite often, but if Dice Holdings decide to switch the interface to what is currently known as "Beta", I'll have to find another site for my "stuff that matters" fix. So, SoylentNews, what sites can you recommend for a "maybe-ex" /. user?"
(Score: 5, Informative) by AudioGuy on Monday February 17 2014, @08:13PM
I'm sure you will get lots of good suggestions for sites here.
One of the ways I find good sites is by tracing back where stories come from.
For example, for my last submission, I started at
http://www.sciencedaily.com/ [sciencedaily.com]
which I originally got from some Slashdot article,
Where I found
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/14021 2183713.htm [sciencedaily.com]
which led me to
http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2014/02/12/a ncient-settlements-and-modern-cities-follow-same-r ules-development-says-cu [colorado.edu]
which finally led me to the original at
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.137 1%2Fjournal.pone.0087902 [plosone.org]
Each step gave me more detail, and a less 'popularized'(i.e., dumbed down) version.
Each site may have other interesting articles.
One of the common complaints on slashdot articles was that there were too many from secondary sources, or blogs. Or really dumbed down ones.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Blackmoore on Monday February 17 2014, @08:31PM
I appreciate the effort - and if we can keep providing submissions with quality we can get back to what we liked about slash when it was good.