Slashdot as a primary source?

The NY Times had a recent article on Google and click-fraud which contained the following:

A Slashdotter using the name AnObfuscator sums up the feelings of many toward Click Defense: "Their main product is to prevent, you guessed it, click fraud. Hmmmm, a few minutes ago I didn't know that such a product existed, but now that they've sued Google, I do."

So apparently if you need to write an article, crap people write in the comments of Slashdot articles is considered a primary source? It's not just the NY Times - I've seen a number of publications doing it. It's right up there with using Google "statistics" - counting the number of hits they get on search terms from google as facts.