Beta is shit!
Slashdot has/had far better comments and a way better discusstion system than Ars. Slashdot needs to understand that the people that use it are almost 100% function over form people. (eg. It can look like crap, but if it works great, then it's perfect.)
If slahdot changed to a 100% CLI driven interface, it would be way better accepted than the beta:
> Load stories
-Story 1
-Story 2
-Story 3
> Read Story 1
- blah blah blah
> Read Story 1 -Comments -threshold=-1
Remember to slashcott this week!