{"id":12,"date":"2005-03-01T21:27:35","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T01:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hoogervorst.dyndns.org\/~arthur\/wordpress\/?p=12"},"modified":"2005-03-01T22:43:11","modified_gmt":"2005-03-02T02:43:11","slug":"how-to-slashdot-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=12","title":{"rendered":"How to Slashdot yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"

B<\/span>esides continuously patting yourself on the shoulder, how you were at the forefront of the PodCasting\/RSS\/YourSelfInducedInventionHere rage, here over at XSamplex we’re proud to present a unique way to make your site (weblog or pages) a prominent place on the Internet. The secret to this is called ‘Slashdot-yourself’ and regardless of what everybody says, it’s easy! You just need a tab<\/em> enabled webbrowser.\n<\/p>\n

And you need to have an attitude too.\n<\/p>\n

What is ‘Slashdotting’<\/h3>\n

Slashdotting is the effect after<\/em> a renown site has published an article that (exclusively) links to your weblog or website. Hordes of intellectuals visit your site, either bringing your webserver to a crawl or, as Modern-Day-geeks normally call it, ‘burn your b0xenz1!1111 LOL OMG!!’<\/em>. <\/p>\n

LOL, indeed.<\/p>\n

But I want to become famous!<\/h3>\n

Hold on to your b0xenz1!111 LOL OMG!!! If your webserver survives this kind of traffic you can add yourself to the list of people who have been ‘Slashdotted’<\/a> and have survived this unnatural phenomenon<\/a>. You get the gist? As long as you’ve not been Slashdotted, you’re not of A-List importance. Nor can you join the ranks of other self-proclaimed prophets like… uh…. yes: you know who you are!\n<\/p>\n

But I just want to be important!<\/h3>\n

The other way around is to find an acronym that nobody knows yet. You won’t find to many: RSS, PodCasting and OPML have already been invented. I’ll give you a freebie: try PBSSP (PushButton Spreadsheet Power) or OS2CP<\/a>. You can figure that one out yourself.\n<\/p>\n

There must be another way, you say (TMBAWYS)? [NSFW]\n<\/p>\n

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Step 1.<\/h3>\n

First: think hard. Is Slashdotting-yourself legal? Please refer to your host’s Terms of Service (TOS) first. Also: it’s no fun to try this on other’s sites. After all you<\/em> want your<\/em> site to be famous, no? If it’s not legal or worth it, DO NOT EVEN BOTHER<\/em>. You don’t want the FBI knocking on your door or have your account suspended right?\n<\/p>\n

Step 2.<\/h3>\n

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Step 3.<\/h3>\n

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Step 4.<\/h3>\n

Profit!!! You have succesfully Slashdotted-yourself. You’re now among the greatest of greatest, like Dave Winer and Robert Scoble. You’re important now: make sure to make an announcement on your weblog. That is, if it hasn’t been Slashdotted yet.\n<\/p>\n

Ed1: Add Step 1b: Post to your weblog that you’ve survived a Slashdot! Use past tense.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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