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posted by NCommander on Monday June 08 2020, @01:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the somewhat-overdue dept.

As promised, here's the round-table discussion post that I said on Wednesday was coming. We have a long history at SoylentNews of listening and responding to our community; I genuinely hope that never changes. I also recognize that I may have ruffled some feathers in the last few weeks with original content postings so here's the best place to get this all out.

I am mindful of the community's support and goodwill; I don't want to squander any of it. Yes, there are times where my hand may be forced (e.g., DCMA takedowns). Still, I'm always a bit hesitant whenever I post on the main site for anything that isn't site update news or similar. I may be the de facto site leader, but I want my submissions to be treated like anyone else's — I want no favoritism. The editorial team does review my stories and signs off before they go live (unless it's an "emergency" situation such as the last time we blew up the site). However, as the saying goes, the buck stops with me.

SoylentNews accepts original content. I'm also aware that I've probably submitted the most original content so far (See "Previously", below for some examples). I'm grateful for the community's apparent acceptance of my submissions and the positive responses to them. What I don't know is if there is an undercurrent of displeasure with these. Maybe everyone thinks these are all fine. Then again, maybe somebody has an issue with them. Rather than assume anything, let's get it all out in the open.

What I want to cover in this round-table discussion is original content and having images in posts as well as topics such as yesterday's Live Show on Improving Your Security -- Wednesday June 3rd, 2020.

So, contributors and commenters to SoylentNews, get that Reply button hot and let me hear your feedback. As usual, either a member of staff or I will respond to your comments below,

73 de NCommander

Previously:
(2020-06-03) Live Show on Improving Your Security -- Wednesday June 3rd, 2020
(2020-05-24) Retrotech: The Novell NetWare Experience
(2020-05-14) Exploring Windows for Workgroups 3.11 - Early 90s Networking
(2020-05-10) Examining Windows 1.0 HELLO.C - 35 Years of Backwards Compatibility
(2020-05-15) Meta: Having a Chat about SoylentNews' Internet Relay Chat
(2018-10-25) My Time as an ICANN Fellow
(2017-10-09) soylentnews.org experiencing DNSSEC issues
(2017-04-20) Soylentnews.org is Moving to Gentoo...
(2017-04-17) SN Security Updates: CAA, LogJam, HTTP Method Disable, and 3DES
(2017-03-13) Xenix 2.2.3c Restoration: Xrossing The X (Part 4)

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by RS3 on Monday June 08 2020, @07:22PM (3 children)

    by RS3 (6367) on Monday June 08 2020, @07:22PM (#1004958)

    Wow, excellent ideas- thanks!

    I may switch to -1 if someone can guarantee I won't see a goatsee...

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   +1  
       Funny=1, Total=1
    Extra 'Funny' Modifier   0  
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   3  
  • (Score: 5, Touché) by coolgopher on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:52AM (2 children)

    by coolgopher (1157) on Tuesday June 09 2020, @05:52AM (#1005115)

    I may switch to -1 if someone can guarantee I won't see a goatsee...

    Look, if it helps any, you're not safe from that at higher settings either.

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    `        |             |        \|       |
     \       | /       /  \\\   --__ \\       :
      \      \/   _--~~          ~--__| \     |
       \      \_-~                    ~-_\    |
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         |    \  |__   \\_________// (__/       |
        | \    \____)   `----   --'             |
        |  \_          ___\       /_          _/ |
       |              /    |     |  \            |
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    I mean, anyone might try to sneak a +1 Funny past the filters just for the lolz. We're certainly known to have some such jesters here. And I mean, it's a classic by now. What self-respecting site would NOT have that in its history?

    Besides, it's not like there isn't an arms race between the comment filter and the posters anyway, so something it bound to slip past onto unsuspecting eyes. To quote that timeless movie1 - "Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something". As for a goatse, let me continue to quote that same movie - "As youuuuuu wiiiiish"...

    1) By which I of course mean The Princess Bride [imdb.com]

    • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday June 09 2020, @04:17PM (1 child)

      ...it's not like there isn't an arms race between the comment filter and the posters anyway...

      Thanks for reminding me, time to clear them out since nobody's tried to get around any of them for probably six months or more.

      --
      My rights don't end where your fear begins.
      • (Score: 3, Funny) by coolgopher on Wednesday June 10 2020, @01:29AM

        by coolgopher (1157) on Wednesday June 10 2020, @01:29AM (#1005575)

        That compression filter is mean. In the end I had to code up a small entropy generator to get past it. Definitely discourages random crap posting and forces some dedicated trolling :D