About Slashdot
What is this?
This is Slashdot, a website based on and running the Slashdot-Like Automated Story-Telling Homepage software. You're reading the FAQ.
Who does this?
Slashdot was created in 1997 by Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda. Today it's owned by Geeknet, Inc. Slashdot is run primarily by a handful of editors and coders: the code is wrangled and taunted by Tim Vroom, Dave Mueller, Wes Tapp, David Hand, and Vlad Kulchytskyy. The editors, as of February 2012, are Jeff "Soulskill" Boehm, Clinton "unknown lamer" Ebadi, Timothy Lord, and Rob "Samzenpus" Rozeboom.
What does the name "Slashdot" mean?
"Slashdot" is an intentionally obnoxious URL. When Rob registered the domain http://slashdot.org, he wanted a URL that was confusing when read aloud. (Try it!)