I've had Slashdot added to my RSS reader for quite some time, however I very rarely actually read much on their site anymore. A few of their recent topics are great examples as to why, the
signal to noise ratio is just too shockingly bad.
Articles like this one (Fired via Text Message) and this one (Stolen Laptop alarms) are great examples. Loads of stupid jokes, txt message jokes, Office Space references, and baiting / flaming, but very little constructive conversation actually taking place.
(I'm avoiding mentioning that theres some very amusing responses in those articles, because imo slashdot was never supposed to be about lowest denominator comedic value)