在 20 年紀念文 (懷舊文) 中 Rob Malda 提到了 Slashdot 名字的由來：「A Pre-History of Slashdot」。
I originally used the name ‘slashdot’ on my desktop a year earlier when I got my first static IP in the Voorhees Hall dorm room I shared with Dave. Back in 1996, our floor was the first in all of Hope College to be granted 24/7 high speed internet access.
宿舍機器的名字 XDDD