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Right, so we're pondering on adding new nexuses to the site for the next upgrade (planned for December but could end up being later depending on circumstances). Why bother adding new nexuses? Primarily so you can easily filter them out from your settings page. For example, say we had added a Games nexus. Not interested in gaming? Preferences->Homepage and put a dot in the far left (X) radio button next to Games and you will not see anything from the Games nexus on the main page. Mind you, we don't have nexus functionality built into the rss/atom feeds, yet, so they'll still show up there.
Keep in mind you can also browse nexuses independently, so you catch stories only from that nexus. Independent rss/atom feeds are coming sooner or later as well. Nexuses aren't entirely about what you don't want to see.
As of now we've got Games and Liberty on the table as new nexuses to go with Breaking News and Meta. Including more or less duplicating some Topics, what nexuses would you lot like to see go live? Last note here, any nexus we create will be fair game to sub stories in that category for. Don't suggest sports unless you want to give the green flag to subs on NASCAR.
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday October 20 2015, @09:21AM
Gewg_ - your story regarding the Air France bosses was 9 days old (5 Oct) before you even submitted it. Those who committed the assault have been arrested. A quick search on DDG reveals more than 20 news outlets worldwide covered the story at the time it happened. It's been news, has run its course, and is now over. Why should we resurrect that particular story, and why would it be of special interest to our community?
We are averaging about 16 stories a day at present - one every 90 minutes or so, and that is taking a significant amount of editorial effort. We aim where possible to vary the topics and the submitters, but we also try to select the best stories to reach the front page. One advantage of nexuses is that the editing process will, I believe, be slightly different - although I confess to not being certain of what exactly that process will actually be! Suffice to say, we hope to improve the throughput of stories by having more people able to edit and post. How we maintain standards, prevent a nexus from being abused, and avoid the legal pitfalls is much less clear.
Your submission would be a perfect candidate for an SJ nexus if we had one. Then I could ignore it...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @10:54AM
France is a place that often blazes the trail.
In 1789, they rounded up their idle rich and chopped off their heads.
They currently have a 35-hour workweek with no reduction in weekly earnings relative to what they had been earning.
Meanwhile, the Volkswagen workers in Tennessee allowed themselves to be buffaloed by slimy politicians and Capitalists and voted against unionizing.
Keeping an eye on what the Working Class is up to in France is worthwhile IMO.
...and no one else submitted anything about South Carolina getting clobbered.
USA's infrastructure hasn't made a quantum improvement since that storm either.
Some current presidential candidates have been mentioning jobs and infrastructure in the same breath.
No one among the editors thought that submission was timely and relevant?
...or was it the source that was rejected?
-- gewg_
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Tuesday October 20 2015, @01:28PM
Not the source - I don't care about the source very much as long as it is credible. I live in France but I get my news from all around the world. But this was an old story. We in Europe have had better working conditions than, say, the US for many decades but I don't think that justifies a specific story about it - because it is old news. In many jobs, if we work longer than the accepted working day, we expect to be paid extra for it. If we work during our holidays, we expect to be paid for working.
Sounds like you should have submitted a story about the situation in the USA then...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @08:32PM
"Meanwhile" was a bit metaphorical on my part.
Those events in Tennessee happened in February 2014.
I thought I did have a story on that make it to the front page but, looking now, apparently not.
I have commented on that multiple [soylentnews.org] times. [soylentnews.org]
In the latter instance, an AC Soylentil who lives thereabouts picked up the ball and ran with it very effectively.
Here in the middle of another Capitalist depression, I think that examples of workers pushing back against exploitation is worthy of a mention--no matter how many centuries^W days old it is.
...with French workers being particularly good at saying "I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take it any more".
This gets us back to nexuses as A Good Thing(tm).
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 21 2015, @02:42AM
If that's your priority, you're really on the wrong site. Try www.wsws.org instead. You could maybe also write about art for them - a lot of their material is very old.