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posted by martyb on Friday January 20 2017, @07:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the making-a-legacy dept.

A couple months ago we ran a story asking the SoylentNews community for volunteers to help with editing and the community did not let us down; we received a full dozen inquiries! You've probably noticed a few new names art the top of the stories and quite frankly, their contributions made it possible for the staff to survive the holiday season — many, many thanks!

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--martyb

 
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  • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday January 20 2017, @07:33AM

    by butthurt (6141) on Friday January 20 2017, @07:33AM (#456430) Journal

    I happened upon a Web page, which I suggest you peruse, entitled "SoylentNews Alternatives." It lists other news sites with a similar focus; perhaps you will find one or more appropriate to your age.

    https://web.archive.org/web/20161115163756/http://alternativeto.net/software/soylentnews/ [archive.org]

    Starting Score:    1  point
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:49AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:49AM (#456433)

    First hit is Hacker News for Millennials.

    Second hit is Slashdot for GenX.

    Pretty good suggestions for picking on someone your own age.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:53AM (#456434)

    Interesting, I use alternativeto quite often, but I didn't know there are also alternatives for websites.

    I'm also enjoying the fact that a whining, trolling AC was confronted by an actual butthurt telling him -- very politely and respectfully -- to piss off :D

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @11:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @11:50AM (#456480)
    • (Score: 1) by butthurt on Friday January 20 2017, @12:25PM

      by butthurt (6141) on Friday January 20 2017, @12:25PM (#456485) Journal

      "Error 1008 [...] Access denied [...] Performance & security by CloudFlare"

      Thanks though.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @09:45PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @09:45PM (#456719)

        Error 1008 [...] Access denied

        I was under the impression that that site was like Facebook, requiring a signup to even -read- anything.
        N.B. Looking back, I don't know where I got that erroneous idea.

        I pull up the Linux page.
        I didn't have the slightest problem getting that.
        I will note that, by default, I block EVERYTHING that isn't readable text, including the 4 scripts on that page.

        Now, with my browser config, I have to scroll down about 45 percent before I get to any actual content.
        Adding the Fragment Identifier #linkflair to their URL would improve that condition for me.

        -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]

        • (Score: 2) by butthurt on Saturday January 21 2017, @02:33AM

          by butthurt (6141) on Saturday January 21 2017, @02:33AM (#456823) Journal

          I was under the impression that that site was like Facebook, requiring a signup to even -read- anything.
          N.B. Looking back, I don't know where I got that erroneous idea.

          I seem to recall that a discussion site recommended by The Mighty Buzzard works that way. He may have made a journal entry about the site, which has a reputation for being frequented by conservative-minded netizens.

          > I didn't have the slightest problem getting [a voat.co page].

          I assume that voat.co doesn't approve of the anonymising proxy I use. I also, incorrectly, assumed that other readers would understand the reason for the error. Sorry about that.