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posted by n1 on Tuesday June 02 2015, @02:05AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity dept.

If you read SoylentNews, Ars Technica, Reddit, or anywhere other than the other site, you've probably heard about SourceForge hijacking accounts and monetizing open source software with crapware installers. It seems the other site is intent on burying that information. Perhaps they don't consider it newsworthy?

For those still using SourceForge, there are many superior alternatives.

Update: 06/02 03:27 GMT by mrcoolbp : Slashdot ran the story this morning.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by q.kontinuum on Tuesday June 02 2015, @07:31AM

    by q.kontinuum (532) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @07:31AM (#191061) Journal

    Are you sure our editors would hurry to publish a story showing soylentnews (or the people behind) in a bad light somehow? If I was an editor, I think I'd try to find a positive angle first, too. Maybe our editors are better than that, however, I think it's not necessarily about conglomerates, corporates etc. but just the desire not to spoil once own nest. People take pride in their work, and I could even imagine people taking more pride in editing for soylentnews. (Of course this pride could work both ways, could be the editors would rush to publish even negative stories, just because they are proud of their moral independence.)

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by janrinok on Tuesday June 02 2015, @09:11AM

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday June 02 2015, @09:11AM (#191077) Journal

    Are you sure our editors would hurry to publish a story showing soylentnews (or the people behind) in a bad light somehow?

    Usually, we put our hands up and apologise - nobody likes making a mistake, even less being seen to make it in a very public way. (I'm sure you don't need links to examples). We strive to be 100% honest with our community. And I don't think that we've ever buried a story.

    • (Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Tuesday June 02 2015, @09:27AM

      by q.kontinuum (532) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @09:27AM (#191080) Journal

      Probably that's what makes you a better suited editor than me :-)

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    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by TLA on Tuesday June 02 2015, @10:43AM

      by TLA (5128) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @10:43AM (#191093) Journal

      like you did with the Microsoft thing - kudos for that, by the way. Honesty is becoming a rare thing these days, more so in the field of journalism. Regardless of what I've seen others write over that one, the fact that you did come out and offer an apology AND explain why you felt you needed to apologise... well, frankly, that deserves respect. You have mine.

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    • (Score: 2) by cmn32480 on Wednesday June 03 2015, @01:04AM

      by cmn32480 (443) <reversethis-{moc.liamg} {ta} {08423nmc}> on Wednesday June 03 2015, @01:04AM (#191365) Journal

      It isn't always your fault. Sometimes it is mine. :-)

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by NickFortune on Tuesday June 02 2015, @10:59AM

    by NickFortune (3267) on Tuesday June 02 2015, @10:59AM (#191095)

    Are you sure our editors would hurry to publish a story showing soylentnews (or the people behind) in a bad light somehow?

    Seriously? Solyent News has publicly aired so much dirty laundry, there has been times
    when to they looked positively exhibitionistic [1].

    A lack of transparency is not a problem I've noticed around here :)

    [1] Just to be clear, I'm in no way suggesting that this is a bad thing.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2015, @03:25AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 03 2015, @03:25AM (#191417)

    Slashdot "editors" don't take no fucking pride in their work. Would you if you were them?