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(Score: 2) by butthurt on Friday January 20 2017, @07:33AM
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]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @07:49AM
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
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
https://voat.co/v/technology [voat.co]
https://voat.co/v/linux [voat.co]
https://voat.co/v/science/ [voat.co]
https://voat.co/ [voat.co]
(Score: 1) by butthurt on Friday January 20 2017, @12:25PM
"Error 1008 [...] Access denied [...] Performance & security by CloudFlare"
Thanks though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @09:45PM
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
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.