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I wrote this on /. in reply to the IRC story. Recycling!

There is a very serious disconnect between the /. editorship and the /. readership.

I suspect that the first 1000 "shots" in this disconnect were shot by the readership, because we are a serious pain in the ass. We carp. We moan. We complain. We whine. Nothing is good enough for us.

Such is the geek nature; our personalities cause us to question every system and complain without concern for the social niceties.

I would imagine that after a few years of dealing with such a readership, one might grow quite thick skin and have absolutely no concern for their whims and desires. In fact, one might even want to "punish" the group for whom nothing is quote good enough or free enough. ASK them what they want? No need; they speak up all the time and their concerns, so much that it's a constant, painful din.

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Now having written this I do agree that it's much ado about nothing. The reason: I've seen the ads. They're not obtrusive. They're ignorable. /. will survive.