Slashdot’s Digg-like (although they claim it has nothing to do with Digg) voting system - Firehose - seemed to be a logical step for the community-driven news giant, but I’ve been using it since it was introduced as a beta and I must admit that I don’t see the point of it. You vote for stories, but, it has absolutely nothing to do with what ends up on Slashdot’s front page. Furthermore, while Digg’s upcoming section is a great place to find fresh news, Slashdot’s Firehose is nowhere as eventful, easy to use or interesting. The only feature worth mentioning is Firehose’s filter, which lets you filter out news with bad score (e.i. lots of negative votes).

Don’t get me wrong: Firehose is a nice addition to Slashdot. But a revolution, or even a step forward to giving more power over content to Slashdot’s community, it is not.

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