No SOPA or April Fools: Slashdot is officially dead

A very dramatic article with no useful facts or additional information. If Slashdot was "officially dead" then I would have expected something...you know, official...

People said the same-thing about Digg and while its traffic died sharply after the horrible re-design it's still chugging along. If Digg hasn't died then I don't see why Slashdot would.

Digg killed their audience, while Slashdot's audience slowly migrated to the likes of HN and reddit. I still find the commentary on Slashdot interesting and useful, if a bit predictable when wandering into political areas.

The same thing happened for "April 1". Historically, Slashdot was a leader in posting April Fools prank stories. This year, it posted none.

That sounds like growing up not dying.

Wait, because they didn't generate useless "jokes" on 4/1, that's the nail in the coffin? Not their several-days-behind news or general irrelevancy?