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!
If, for whatever reason, you did not want to be an Editor, but still wish to contribute, there are many other areas:
There are many rewards for contributing. Just to be a part of such a diverse and knowledgeable team is indescribable. I have learned so much from some amazingly helpful people. So join up as an editor, submit stories and comments, moderate, or help the site to keep running.
Lastly, spread the word. Share a link to the main page, to a particular story, or even to a single comment.
--martyb
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 20 2017, @11:25PM
Maybe it's just plain dumb luck, but I've noticed that no journal-entry spam has made it to the front page for quite a while.
Whether that is because paulej72 caught up on his to-do list [soylentnews.org] or otherwise, we're doing good there.
Now, there was a recent newbie who hadn't/hasn't participated elsewhere on the site who made a journal entry about improving personal relationships, but that wasn't pushing a site or anything like that, so it looked like a sincere effort by someone with something he thought was worthwhile to say. YMMV.
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]