Editing Slashdot (section)

== Deterioration ==

* Unlike other sites, [[UTF-8]] was never adopted. All text is rendered as [[ASCII]]. Including parts of news posts quoted from third party sites.
* The mobile interface, added after Slashdot was sold off, was never finished, and lacks fundamental functionality, like account settings, anonymous posting, choice of markup style (important because of above lack of UTF-8), etc.
* No visible changes to the site have been made since the addition of the mobile interface and rudimentary [[XMLHttpRequest|asynchronous functionality]].
* Comment numbers have declined to a tenth compared to its golden age.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://slashdot.org/hof.shtml | title=Slashdot: Hall of Fame }}</ref>
* As of late Summer 2023, the registration mechanism for new users is disabled, and manual requests via feedback email must be made.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Create Account | url=https://slashdot.org/my/newuser | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704215117/http://slashdot.org:80/my/newuser | access-date=2024-12-27 | archive-date=2009-07-04}}</ref>