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posted by cmn32480 on Friday December 23 2016, @02:38PM   Printer-friendly
from the we-appreciate-the-help! dept.

Hi Guys, Soylent's Editors do a lot behind the scenes to keep the community going. As a gift idea for them this year, please consider submitting lots of stories over the next two days to get the queue nice and full. Then they'll be able to schedule in their appearance on the home page ahead of time and take Christmas (or Hanukkah) off to spend time with their friends and families.

If you've never submitted a story before, here are guidelines for composing a story submission. You submit it here.

My own method is to find tech/science articles from SN's RSS-bot or a dozen other sources like the BBC or sciencenews.org, grab the title, and a couple of paragraphs that communicate the gist. Often I'll add a quip, question, or note of my own, but that's up to your personal taste. It's easy and takes under 5 minutes per story.

Thanks for reading, and have a happy holiday!


[Ed Note: The week between Christmas and New Years is always slow for submissions and time is a precious commodity for all of us. The more subs in the queue, the further out we can get the story queue, and the more time we have to spend with our loved ones. Any help you can give would be appreciated!]

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  • (Score: 1) by charon on Friday December 23 2016, @10:42PM

    by charon (5660) on Friday December 23 2016, @10:42PM (#445264) Journal
    It's fairly easy for us to see that an article is a dupe. So if you do some quick checking and we do some slightly less quick checking, it will be fine. Also, sending it as a nicely formatted ready to publish article is not necessary either. A lot of people send us a bare link. Some send original short articles supported by links. One of the submission bots copy/pastes the entire text of the linked story. We are used to any format, so send us whatever you think is worth talking about and we'll get it into shape.