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  Another Coward, 6 Feb 2001 @ 12:32pm

  
  

  TechDirt Story Gen

  would be the same SSG story, but four hours later. just kidding guys, great site, less noise than the others.

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    Mike (profile), 6 Feb 2001 @ 12:47pm

    
    

    Re: TechDirt Story Gen

    Except that... on average stories that show up on both sites actually tend to (though not always) show up here first. Oh well... Anyway, I think the repeat level is fairly low.

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      Ed, 6 Feb 2001 @ 1:36pm

      
      

      Re: TechDirt Story Gen

      The story generator lacks the cynicism needed for techdirt stories.

      But to be serious for just a second, techdirt stories cover a broad range of topics, and would be much harder to parody, IMHO. Slashdot is too easy, which says something about the narrow viewpoint represented there.

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        Ryan, 6 Feb 2001 @ 4:55pm

        
        

        Re: TechDirt Story Gen

        So would you say Techdirt kicks slashdot's ass? Hehehe... my evil scheme is expanding

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          Ed, 6 Feb 2001 @ 7:38pm

          
          

          Re: TechDirt Story Gen

          Don't get a swell head. I was originally going to say something like "Take the SSG and replace Linux with VC, ..." then I realized that other than some well-deserved VC bashing, there's hardly any easily parodied "tone" to techdirt, unlike another site that would implode if a single story managed to mention Linux, Microsoft (negatively), privacy, anime, hacking, and geeks.

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            Ryan, 7 Feb 2001 @ 5:24am

            
            

            Re: TechDirt Story Gen

            It would be amusing if someone put one together, I guess you could try to use something like those boolean recognition systems to try to interact with the site (currenly used in a few knowledge management portals). You could have different triggers for preset replies.

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