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Clarifying Some Points on the Name Vote

posted by mrcoolbp on Tuesday April 15 2014, @10:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the details-are-important dept.

I would like to clarify some points on the in-progress submission and voting process.

  • Ideally the name should be available in .com .org and .net
  • If not, we will still accept the submission
  • Suggestions left as comments on this site will not be added
  • If you are unable to submit a name through the formal process as a last resort the name can be submitted to suggestions@soylentnews.org or you can pester a staff member on IRC via a private message
  • Submissions close on Saturday at 06:50 UTC so I suggest getting them in by Friday at the latest

If you plan on making a submission then I also recommend you read the original article with full instructions. Unfortunately, if you did not register to vote before April 12, you are out of luck for this vote.

If you want more information about bounces, plain text email, or voting read this comment by audioguy.

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by NullPtr on Tuesday April 15 2014, @09:03PM

    by NullPtr (3786) on Tuesday April 15 2014, @09:03PM (#31994) Journal

    Just an idea, but you may want to tell people there's a vote running rather than sort of talk about it when it's in progress.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by mrcoolbp on Tuesday April 15 2014, @09:06PM

    by mrcoolbp (68) <mrcoolbp@soylentnews.org> on Tuesday April 15 2014, @09:06PM (#31998) Homepage

    We ran this article [soylentnews.org] at the top of the page for about 24 hours, then allowed 4 days for people to register.

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    • (Score: 1) by NullPtr on Wednesday April 16 2014, @10:46AM

      by NullPtr (3786) on Wednesday April 16 2014, @10:46AM (#32241) Journal

      I was on holiday last week, and when I go abroad the cost of mobile data changes from £12 for unlimited data to 45p per meg, so the first thing I do is switch off data! Why you get charged more than people in the country you're travelling in I have no idea.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 15 2014, @09:11PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 15 2014, @09:11PM (#32003)

    The announcement has been up at Alpha Centauri for the last 50 years. Don't you ever check your mailbox over there? Silly humans sometimes I don't understand them.

  • (Score: 2) by NCommander on Wednesday April 16 2014, @12:59AM

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Wednesday April 16 2014, @12:59AM (#32102) Homepage Journal

    There's now a sidebar on the left about this when I updated the site to 14.04.6 slashcode

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    • (Score: 2) by elf on Wednesday April 16 2014, @11:39AM

      by elf (64) on Wednesday April 16 2014, @11:39AM (#32256)

      Why is there a time line to register your want to vote for something that hasn't started yet? I was busy on the weekend and I don't tend to look at old articles. I just look at the front page.

      Why aren't all registered users eligible to vote by default? The worst that can happen is they don't vote. The best that can happen is they vote because they want their voice to be heard.

      • (Score: 2) by mrcoolbp on Friday April 18 2014, @05:03AM

        by mrcoolbp (68) <mrcoolbp@soylentnews.org> on Friday April 18 2014, @05:03AM (#32975) Homepage

        Good question. For many reasons we decided to go with an email solution. This required scraping emails from the database and sending them out, something we did not want to do without authorization. We thought keeping a post at the top of the main page for 24 hours and leaving over for days for registration was enough (it wasn't)

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