Green | February 25, 2009 | 24 comments

Current.com CRAPS on Science!

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mako2424
WTF?!

Its bad enough the South is trying its best to destroy science, but now we have to deal with Current giving it the boot from the front page? What's happening to Current?!

For shame, sirs. For shame.
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24 comments // Current.com CRAPS on Science!

  • JanforGore
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  

    • Mako 2424:

      Thank you. I agree with you wholeheartedly. We started here with substance and devolved into bubble gum news.

      And how much time does it take to put back a relevant topic on the frontpage that was there just two days ago? Who makes these decisions?

    • 2 years ago
  • mako2424
  • leahl
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      leahl  

    • Hey folks,
      Thanks for your feedback. We read it. We take it in. We make action plans. We are working with our developers to bring back "science," but it will take some time to build the feature. Thanks for telling us how much it means to you, and stay tuned.

    • 2 years ago
  • lucidstone
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      lucidstone  

    • (reposting to where it was meant to be x_x )

      The thing that really gets me is that "comedy" has a higher priority than Earth & Science . . .

      Can I use a pun now to say how comical it is, or how this whole situation is laughable? No? okaaaaaay . . . .

      But seriously,

      Current is already highly tilted to the humanities.

      Arts & Entertainment take up 5 categories here: music, movies, gaming, comedy, and art & style.

      "News" is neutral.

      "Tech" is basically just all the new gadgets and iJunk, not actual science.

      "Green" is the SF Bay area view of science (I've lived there and worked in a Cole Hardware. I know the obsession with "Green" in that city)

      But, there is SO much more to science than "green" technologies and you are really reducing the science community here down into a trendy version of a particular type of science that is palatable to the humanities.

      It's evident that the people that run Current.com lean toward the humanities, and that's cool and everything, but some of us have brains that think differently. Some of us think in terms of pure logic and lean towards RAW science and mathematics.

      We NEED a raw Science and Earth category. If for no other reason than to not marginalize that entire spectrum of thought. Otherwise, you are trending towards a homogeneous community that revolves around pop culture.

      You should be trying to bring in more science/math people to keep the diversity of ideas up, not discourage them from participating.

      So please stop discriminating against the math and science geeks. We need at least ONE category of our own.

      Thank you.

    • 2 years ago
  • DeliaTheArtist
  • Ricky84
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      Ricky84  

    • I don't understand why no one thought of just merging the gaming and tech boards into one and then using the free slot for the green section. Seriously how can a news site cover everything but science? Is the scientific community on strike or something? WTF

    • 2 years ago
  • DeliaTheArtist
  • ras_menelik
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      ras_menelik  

    • the face of current should be what voting is for and only that (#total vote vs ratio of Y/N votes etc..)

      An ever changing Face governed by MATH.

    • 2 years ago
  • ras_menelik
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      ras_menelik  

    • covelogibbs

      * covelogibbs you are a genius it is that simple current
      put back the old one and do what you please with the FP

      a new 2X menu is tasteless

      Or I'm tagging every thinG green green and that is a promise :)

      feedback@current.com people do I have to cut and past to you too?

    • 2 years ago
  • covelogibbs
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      covelogibbs  
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    • "news, movies, music, green, gaming, tech, comedy, art and style" are the links on the top of the homepage. What are these doing on the top green banner, when each one of those topics is featured on the homepage anyway? If we have room for this redundancy, can't we make room for earth and/or science?

      I still miss the last incarnation of Current.com, am I alone?

    • 2 years ago
  • metalcookiesxy70
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      metalcookiesxy70  
    • covelogibbs:

      I miss the Current News, when is the exact date when it will come back....?

      I do hear in other topics about other things when people suddenly comment about the complications of the homepage, which means that everyone has not settled down with the homepage at all.......

    • 2 years ago
  • leahl
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      leahl  

    • Hey folks,
      Thanks for your immediate feedback! Please believe me when I say that we recognize how important and relevant science is to Current! As Mario mentioned, we've been working on assessing how to continue to make sure that it has the kind of placement Current.com users want and need. Meanwhile, it is our hope that Green will hold the majority of the earth and science content: it's about looking at the earth and science through the lense of the times we live in, so will include components of sustainability, science, innovative tech, and yes...animals!

    • 2 years ago
  • mako2424
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      mako2424  
    • leahl:

      "Green" should fall under the umbrella of "Earth and Science," not the other way around. Trying to force it through this "Green" prism just stinks of the corporate buzz-wordiness I've mentioned earlier.

      And besides, it's completely unnecessary. What's greener than the topics of Earth and/or Science?!?

    • 2 years ago
  • lucidstone
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      lucidstone  
    • leahl:

      The thing that really gets me is that "comedy" has a higher priority than Earth & Science . . .

      Can I use a pun now to say how comical it is, or how this whole situation is laughable? No? okaaaaaay . . . .

      But seriously,

      Current is already highly tilted to the humanities.

      Arts & Entertainment take up 5 categories here: music, movies, gaming, comedy, and art & style.

      "News" is neutral.

      "Tech" is basically just all the new gadgets and iJunk, not actual science.

      "Green" is the SF Bay area view of science (I've lived there and worked in a Cole Hardware. I know the obsession with "Green" in that city)

      But, there is SO much more to science than "green" technologies and you are really reducing the science community here down into a trendy version of a particular type of science that is palatable to the humanities.

      It's evident that the people that run Current.com lean toward the humanities, and that's cool and everything, but some of us have brains that think differently. Some of us think in terms of pure logic and lean towards RAW science and mathematics.

      We NEED a raw Science and Earth category. If for no other reason than to not marginalize that entire spectrum of thought. Otherwise, you are trending towards a homogeneous community that revolves around pop culture.

      You should be trying to bring in more science/math people to keep the diversity of ideas up, not discourage them from participating.

      So please stop discriminating against the math and science geeks. We need at least ONE category of our own.

      Thank you.

    • 2 years ago
  • lucidstone
  • lucidstone
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      lucidstone  

    • seriously, bring science and earth back!

      There's got to be proper balance of rational thought to all of the artsy, humanity stuff that dominates current.

      If you don't . . . I'll start posting NASA videos, I swear it!

      Actually, I think I'll go see what NASA is up to these days.

    • 2 years ago
  • ras_menelik
  • cerealforeal
  • cerealforeal
  • ras_menelik
  • mako2424
  • mario_a
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      mario_a  
    • mako2424:

      hey mako2424 -- thanks for the feedback. we definitely want to have a place for science on the homepage, unfortunately we only have so much room. we're working on a solution, but in the meantime science hasn't been removed from Current.com, it's just not prominent on the homepage (for now).

      mario

    • 2 years ago
  • mako2424
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      mako2424  
    • mako2424:

      I know where to find it but what about the person just finding current? Perhaps, the idea is to appeal to 14 year olds who also watch VH1 reality shows, but I think that alienates many of the more serious types which make the website worth coming to.

    • 2 years ago
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